Arcana Coelestia #7520
7520. 'And let Moses scatter them in the direction of heaven' means that those falsities were to be demonstrated to the inhabitants of heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ashes' as falsities, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'scattering in the direction of heaven' as demonstrating them to the inhabitants of heaven. The meaning of 'scattering' as demonstrating is self-evident, for by that action something is made visible; and 'heaven' is used to mean in the internal sense the angelic heaven. What is meant at this point is evident from what has been stated immediately above in 7519 - that the truth from God, which 'Moses' represents, was to demonstrate and make known to heaven the falsities which are a product of the evil desires of those who molest. This caused heaven to be present, and as a result of its presence the kinds of things among the evil which are meant by 'sores breaking out into pustules' were manifested. The fact that 'the ashes [of a furnace]' (favilla) means falsity can be substantiated from places where [other kinds of] ashes (cinis) are mentioned, for these have a similar origin and therefore have a similar meaning to the ashes [of a furnace], such as in Isaiah 44:15, 20; 58:5; Jeremiah 6:26; Ezekiel 27:30; 28:18; Jonah 3:6; Psalms 102:9-10; Job 2:8; 30:19.
Psalms 101
1
I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
2
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
3
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
4
A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
5
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
6
My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
7
He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
8
Morning by Morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.
