'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because there is no truth. 'Wilderness,' as in Jeremiah 23:10, signifies the Word when it is adulterated.

(Izinkomba: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

103. There Is a Correspondence of Heaven with Everything Earthly

In the preceding chapter, we have stated what correspondence is, and have explained as well that absolutely everything in the soul's body is a correspondence. Next in orderly sequence we need to explain that everything earthly and in general everything in our world is a correspondence.