7. Then too, we cannot know what the difference between these qualities is unless we know about correspondence, since these three qualities are absolutely distinguishable from each other, like a goal, the means to it, and its result; or like the first, the intermediate, and the last. However, they coalesce by means of their correspondence, since what is earthly corresponds to what is spiritual and also to what is heavenly. Arcana Coelestia 1884, [1885,] , 1 Kings 14:23, [24,] 25-26;

You may see what correspondence is, though, in Heaven and Hell, under the headings “The Correspondence of Everything in Heaven with Everything in the Human Being” (§§Heaven and Hell 87-102) and “The Correspondence of Heaven with Everything Earthly” (§§103-115). There will be more to see in the examples from the Word cited below [§§9-17, 29, 35, 40[2]-49,79].

515. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF LICENTIOUSNESS TO VIOLATION OF THE SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE

I would start off here with something about correspondence and what it is, but that is not the subject of this book. However, what correspondence is may be seen in summary form in nos. 76 and 342 above, and more fully in The Apocalypse Revealed from beginning to end, which deals with the correspondence between the natural meaning and spiritual meaning of the Word.

That the Word has a natural meaning and a spiritual meaning, and that there is a correspondence between them - this we showed in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, and specifically in nos. 5-26 there.