Our five senses correspond to spiritual affections, or the attraction we feel toward spiritual things. The sense of taste, according to the Writings, corresponds to the affection for knowing, or the affection for being wise. This makes sense; we often immediately know and judge the quality of a thing by its taste. When people taste things in the Bible, it means they are seeking wisdom and enlightenment, and when food tastes good it shows the delight they feel in being wise.

(Ссылки: Arcana Coelestia 4404, 4792, 4793 [1-3], 4794, 8522)

37. In the Word’s Literal Sense, Divine Truth Is Present in Its Fullness, in Its Holiness, and in Its Power

In its literal sense the Word is in its fullness, in its holiness, and in its power, because, as we said in no. 28 above, the two prior or interior senses, called spiritual and celestial, are present at the same time in the natural sense, which is the literal sense. But how they are present at the same time — this we must now briefly explain.