ABBREVIATIONS
CONCERNING GOD
Importance of a Just Idea of God
God is One
God is very Man
God is not in Space
The very Divine Essence is Love and Wisdom
The Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom are Substance and Form
God is Love itself and Life Itself
The Nature of the Divine Love
The Infinity and Eternity of God
The Omnipotence of God
The Omniscience of God
The Omnipresence of God
Knowledge respecting God only possible by Revelation
CREATION
God created the Universe from Himself, not out of Nothing
All Things in the Universe were created from the Divine Love and the
Divine Wisdom of God-Man
Two Worlds, the Spiritual and the Natural
Two Suns, by means of which all Things in the two Worlds were created
Atmospheres, Waters, and Earths, in the Spiritual and Natural Worlds
The Origin of Matter
The Divine Object in the Creation of the Universe
All Things of the Created Universe viewed from Uses, represent Man in an
Image
MAN
What Man is
What the Internal and External Man are
The very Inmost of Man
The Life of Man
The Origin of Vital Heat
The Primitive Condition of Man
THE FALL OF MAN
The Nature of the Fall
Loss of Internal Perception by the Fall
The Image of God not actually destroyed in Man
External Respiration, and the Origin of Verbal Language by the Fall
The Fall was Gradual and Successive
The Nature and Extent of Hereditary Evil
THE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD
The Divine Human from Eternity
The Lord's Appearance on Earth before the Incarnation, as an Angel
The very Infinite cannot be manifested otherwise than by the Divine
Human
The Incarnation
Jehovah God descended as to Divine Truth, and was said to be Born Yet
did not separate the Divine Good
Reasons for the Incarnation
Why it is said that Jesus proceeded forth and came from God, and was
sent
The Lord's Hereditary Evil
The Lord made His Human Divine by His own Might
The Glorification
The Glorification was fully completed by the Passion of the Cross
The Lord, in Glorification, did not transmute or change His Human
Nature into Divine, but put off the Human and put on the Divine
The Lord did not acknowledge Mary as His Mother, because He put off the
Human derived from her
The Lord's Whole Life was a Continual Temptation and Victory
The Lord was Tempted even by Angels
How the Lord bore the Iniquities of All
The Use of the Lord's Temptations
The Lord's Glorification is imaged in Man's Regeneration
The Resurrection
The Redemption
The Lord thus redeemed not only Man, but the Angels
Without Redemption Wickedness would spread throughout all Christendom in
both Worlds
Redemption could not be effected but by God Incarnate
False Views of the Atonement
The True Meaning of Mediation, Intercession, Atonement, and Propitiation
How the Lord fulfilled the whole Law
All Power in the Heavens and on Earth given to the Lord
Meaning of the phrases Son of God and Son of Man
Various Names of the Lord
Practical Use of a correct Idea of the Lord
The Recognition of the Lord as God sheds Light upon every particular of
the Word
Jehovah Himself, in His Divine Human, is the only Savior
Why Jehovah is nowhere named in the Word of the New Testament, but the
Lord instead
The Reason why these Things concerning the Lord are now first publicly
made known
Why the Lord was Born on this Earth
THE HOLY SPIRIT
General Doctrine
The Holy Spirit not mentioned in the Old Testament
THE DIVINE TRINITY
General Doctrine
Before the World was created there was no Trinity of God but an Ideal or
Potential One
A Memorable Narration concerning the Divine Trinity
Importance of a Right Idea of the Trinity
THE SACRED SCRIPTURES
General Doctrine
There is a Spiritual Sense in the Word hitherto unknown
What the Spiritual Sense of the Word is
The Word was written by
Correspondences
Loss of the Knowledge of Correspondences, and Origin of Idolatry
Why the Spiritual Sense of the Word was not revealed before
The Spiritual Sense is in each and all Things of the Word
Six Degrees of Divine Truth, the Letter of the Word being the Lowest
The Literal Sense of the Word is the Basis, the Containant, and
Foundation of its Spiritual and Celestial Senses
The Literal Sense of the Word is a Guard to the Truths concealed within
it
In the Literal Sense of the Word Divine Truth is in its Fulness, in its
Holiness, and in its Power
By means of the Literal Sense of the Word Man has Conjunction with the
Lord and Consociation with the Angels
The Marriage of the Lord and the Church, and hence the Marriage of Good
and Truth, is in every part of the Word
Doctrine should be drawn from the Literal Sense of the Word, and
confirmed by it
Appearances of Truth in the Letter of the Word
Genuine Truth in the Literal Sense of the Word, which the Truth of
Doctrine must be, appears only to those who are in Enlightenment from
the Lord
How Heretical Opinions are derived from the Letter of the Word
Which are the Books of the Word
Four Different Styles in the Word
The Word of the Old Testament
The Apocalypse
The Word is in all the Heavens, and the Wisdom of the Angels is derived
from it
The Historical Parts of the Word were given especially for Children
Delightful Perception by Angels of the Internal Sense of the Word when
devoutly read by Men
And especially when the Word is read by Children
By means of the Word Light is communicated to the Nations out of the
Church
Revelation and Inspiration
Previous to the Word which now exists in the World there was a Word
which is lost
The Sin of Profaning the Word and the Holy Things of the Church
Different Kinds and Degrees of Profanation
The Effects of Profanation
Memorabilia respecting the Divine Word in the Heavens
SIGNIFICATION OF VARIOUS TERMS AND SUBJECTS IN THE WORD
The Days of Creation
Enoch
The Giants
Repentance of the Lord
The Flood
The Resting of the Ark upon the Mountains of Ararat
The Bow in the Cloud
Ham
Ishmael
Laughter
Borrowing from and Spoiling the Egyptians
The Anger of the Lord
Apparent Contradiction as to the Number of Years which the Israelites
dwelt in Egypt
Divine Truth, Pacific and Tumultuous
Boring the Ear with an Awl
The Breaking of the Tables of the Decalogue by Moses, and his hewing out
other Tables
Signification of the Jewish Sacrifices
Magic, Sorcery, and Enchantments
Spiritual Drunkenness
Miracles
Spiritual Fermentations
Prayer and Worship
Why it is the Lord's Will to be Worshipped
The Lord's Prayer
The Spiritual Sense of Numbers
Measures and Weights
Alpha and Omega
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
General Doctrine
The First Commandment
The Second Commandment
The Third Commandment
The Fourth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
The Future State of Adulterers
The Seventh Commandment
The Eighth Commandment
The Ninth and Tenth Commandments
Offending in One Commandment offending in All
FAITH
What Faith is
The Essence of Faith is Charity
Cognitions of Truth and Good are not of Faith until a Man is in Charity
The Truths of Faith are first in Time, but Charity is first in End
Faith never becomes Faith till the Truths of it are willed and done
Insofar as any one shuns Evils as Sins he has Faith
Faith is the first Principle of the Church in appearance, but Charity is
actually the first
How Faith is formed from Charity
Truth rooted in the Mind by doing it
The Errors and Blindness of those who are in Faith alone
The Lord's Providence over those who are taught the Doctrine of Faith
alone
Many of the Learned who were in Truths of Doctrine are in Hell, while
others who were in Falsities are in Heaven
Of Persuasive Faith
No one ought to be persuaded instantaneously of the Truth
The Source of Spiritual Light
Every Man may see Spiritual Truth who desires it Why Saving Faith is in
the Lord Jesus Christ
Of the Faith by which Diseases were healed by the Lord Confirmations
Difficulty of extirpating Falsities that have been confirmed by Evil
Life Man cannot search into the Mysteries of Faith by things known
Of the False Assumption that nothing is to be believed until it is
understood
Affirmative and Negative States of Mind
Nature and Spiritual Use of Outward Acquisitions of Knowledge
Memorabilia concerning Faith Fruits of Faith and Capability of Receiving
it in the Other Life
CHARITY AND GOOD WORKS
Who is the Neighbor
The Degrees of the Relationship of Neighbor
What Charity is
The Delights of Charity are according to the Greatness
and Importance of the Use performed
The Delight of doing Good without a Recompense
The Internal Blessedness of Love and Charity perceptible in this Life
The Criterion of Character
Love to the Lord and Love to the Neighbor distinguished
Love to Enemies
The Presence of the Lord with Man is according to Neighbourly Love or
Charity
Self-Love and Mutual Love contrasted
FREE WILL
General Doctrine
What Free Will is
A something analogous to Free Will in all Created Things
How Man is in Freedom from the Lord alone
Why in Freedom Man feels and wills as of himself, when it is not of
himself
Man ought to compel himself, and in this Compulsion is the highest
Freedom Heavenly Freedom and Infernal Freedom
REPENTANCE, REFORMATION, AND REGENERATION
Repentance
The Nature of Man before Regeneration, or as to what is properly his own
(Proprium)
Man's great Tendency to Evil
Why Man is born in Ignorance
Reformation and Regeneration
A Sign of Reformation and Non-Reformation
The Course of Regeneration and of Progress to True Wisdom
The Six States of Regeneration
Regeneration progresses through successive Cycles
The Cycles of Regeneration are one with the Cycles of Man's Life
Understanding separate from the Will is given to Man that he may be
regenerated
Correspondence of Natural Birth to Spiritual Birth
During Regeneration
the Lord governs Man by means of Angels
Regeneration is foreseen and provided for from Eternity Regeneration is
effected by means of Remains
Regeneration cannot be effected suddenly
Every one may be Regenerated, but each differently
In order to have Regeneration the Natural Man must be entirely subdued
Even the Sensual Man must be Regenerated
All things in Nature represent Regeneration
Regeneration is effected by combats in Temptation
Combat may be waged even from Truth not genuine
The Use of Temptations
How Temptations are excited by Evil Spirits
Evil is not exterminated by Regeneration, but only separated to the
Circumferences, and remains to Eternity
Temporary Quiescence of Evils
Difference between the Regenerate and the Unregenerate
What the Heavenly Proprium is
Man is first in True Freedom when he becomes Regenerate
Ignorance of the Church at the Present Day concerning Regeneration
It is not difficult to Live a Good Life
A Monkish Life is not consistent with Regeneration
A Man's Life and Actions are governed by the End proposed
IMPUTATION
The common Doctrine of Imputation
The Origin of the Doctrine of Imputation
Imputation not known in the
Apostolic Church
Imputation of the Merits and Righteousness of Christ
Impossible
The True Doctrine of Imputation
THE CHURCH
The Church Universal
The Specific Church, and its relation to the Church Universal
Where the Specific Church is
Who constitute the Specific Church?
The Church is one thing and Religion another
Who are meant by Gentiles?
The Good and Truth among the Gentiles is not constituent of the Church
The Necessity that there should always be a Church
The Church in Heaven could not subsist without a Church on the Earth
There have been in general four Churches on the Earth
General Character
of these four Churches
THE FIRST OR MOST ANCIENT CHURCH
General Character
The Worship of the Most Ancient Church
The Most Ancients performed Holy Worship in Tents
The Most Ancient Church composed of several Different Churches
Perception in the Most Ancient Church
Dignities and Riches among the Most Ancient Men
The Food of the Most Ancient Men
A Remnant of the Most Ancient Church in the Land of Canaan
THE SECOND OR ANCIENT CHURCH
General Character
The Ancient Church was in Representatives and Significatives
The Worship of the Ancient Church
The Ancient Style of Writing
The Decline of the Ancient Church
The Second Ancient Church, called Eber, and origin of Sacrificial
Worship
Sacrifices were at first offered to Jehovah, and afterwards became
Idolatrous
All Nations which adopted Sacrificial Worship, called Hebrews
Others of the Ancient Church abominated Sacrifices, and abominated the
Hebrews on account of them
Gradual Descent of the Hebrew Church to
Idolatry
Idolatry of the House of Terah, while there were other Hebrew Nations
that retained the Worship of Jehovah
The Name and Worship of Jehovah again lost by the Posterity of Jacob in
Egypt
Why Sacrificial Worship, in itself not acceptable to the Lord, was yet
commanded to the Children of Israel
The Externals of the Ancient
Churches were restored in the Israelitish Church
When the Children of Israel first constituted a Church
Egyptian Hieroglyphics were perverted Representatives of the Ancient
Church
THE THIRD OR ISRAELITISH CHURCH
General Character
This was not a true Church but merely Representative, or the
Representative of a Church
The Difference between a Representative Church and the Representative of
a Church
The Representative of a Church could not be established till all
Knowledge of Internal Things had been lost
The Jewish Church, with all Things appertaining to it, was
Representative of all Things of the Church in Heaven and on Earth
Illustration of what a Representative Church is, and why it is
What it is for the Lord to be present representatively
What the Kingdoms
of Judges, Priests, and Kings signified, and why the Jews were divided
into two Kingdoms
Why the Jews above all others could act as a
Representative Church
Why it is believed that the Jews were chosen above others for their
Goodness
The Jews were not chosen, but were urgent to be a Church, from the Love
of Pre-eminence
Why the Jews are called in the Word a Holy People
Why the Jews have been Preserved unto this day
The Land of Canaan, in respect to the Churches there
Why the Israelites were expelled from the Land of Canaan
THE FOURTH, OR FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
General Character
The primitive Condition and subsequent Degeneration of this Christian
Church
The present State of this Christian Church
The End of the First Christian Church
THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD
General Doctrine
This Second Coming of the Lord is not a Coming in Person, but in the
Word, which is from Him, and is Himself
This Second Coming of the Lord is effected by means of a Man, to whom
the Lord has manifested Himself in Person, and whom He has filled with
His Spirit, to teach the Doctrines of the New Church from Himself,
through the Word
How the Lord's Advent becomes effective in the Individual Man
THE FIFTH, OR NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH
General Character
This New Church is signified by the New Jerusalem
The New Heaven and the New Earth
All Things made New
The Vision of the Holy City
The City Four-square
The City pure Gold
The Twelve Foundations
The Twelve Gates of Pearl
The Temple of the City
The Tree of Life in the Midst of the City
The Leaves of the Tree for the Healing of the Nations
Seeing the Face of the Lord
The Light of the City
The New Jerusalem the Bride and Wife of the Lord
Memorabilia concerning the Tabernacle and Temple of the Holy City
The New Church in the Heavens signified by the Woman clothed with the
Sun
The New Church is first Established among a Few
The Doctrine of the New Church is from Heaven, because from the
Spiritual Sense of the Word
All the Doctrines of the New Church are Essentials
This Church is to be the Crown of all the Churches, and is to endure
forever
Formation of the New Heaven
The New Church from this New Heaven is to be Distinct from the former
Church
The New Church at first External
The Necessity of Order, Internal and External
BAPTISM
General Doctrine
Baptism Commanded
The First Use of Baptism
John's Baptism, an Illustration of the Effect of the Sign of Baptism in
the Spiritual World, and thence upon the Baptized on Earth
The Second Use of Baptism
The Third Use of Baptism
Baptism with the Holy Spirit
THE HOLY SUPPER
General Doctrine
THE PRIESTHOOD
A Priesthood and Ecclesiastical Governments in Heaven
A Priesthood and Ecclesiastical Governments likewise on Earth
That there is to be a Priesthood in the New Church typically shown in a
symbolic Temple
The Priestly Office Representative
Inauguration into the Priesthood by a Representative Rite
The Falsity nevertheless of the Dogma of Apostolic Succession
The Gifts and Offices of the Priesthood
Charity in the Priest
Charity towards the Priest
MARRIAGE
The Nature and Origin of Marriage
The Distinction of Sex is in the Spirit
The Love of Sex, and with those who come into Heaven Conjugial Love
remains after Death
Marriages in the Heavens
The Lord's Words concerning Marriage in the Heavenly World
No Procreation of Offspring in Heaven
A Marriage Ceremony in Heaven
A Conjugial Pair in Heaven
The State of Married Partners after Death
True Marriage looks to what is Eternal
Conjugial Love is perfected to Eternity
They who are in Love truly Conjugial feel and see themselves to be a
united Man
Marriages induce upon the Souls and Minds another Form
The Woman is actually formed into a Wife according to the Description in
the Book of Genesis
Conjugial Love is Fundamental to all Loves, and the Treasury of all Joys
and Delights
Wisdom and Intelligence are in proportion to Conjugial Love
The Qualifications for receiving Conjugial Love
Obstacles to Conjugial Love
Difference of Religion incompatible with Conjugial Love
Conjugial Pairs are born for each other
True Conjugial Love is scarcely known at this day
Semblances of Conjugial Love
Second Marriages
The Nature of the Intelligence of Women and of Men
The Wife should be under the Guidance of the Husband
The Beauty of the Angels originates from Conjugial Love
A Likeness of Marriage in all Created Things
Origin of the Love of Infants
Different Quality of the Love of Infants and Children with the Spiritual
and the Natural
The Recession of Infantile Innocence and hence of Parental Love
DIVINE PROVIDENCE
General Doctrine
The Lord's Divine Providence has for its end a Heaven from the Human
Race
Divine Foresight with the Divine Providence
Divine Providence is Universal and Particular
In all that it does the Divine Providence looks to what is Infinite and
Eternal from itself, especially in the Salvation of the Human Race
The Law of Divine Providence respecting Man's Freedom and Reason
The Law of the Divine Providence respecting the Removal of Sins in the
internal and external Man
The Law of the Divine Providence respecting Compulsion in matters of
Faith and of Religion
The Divine Providence unseen and unfelt, yet is to be known and
acknowledged
The Divine Providence seen from Behind and not in the Face
The Divine Providence and Human Prudence
The Divine Providence respecting temporal Things
The Divine Providence respecting the Reception of Truth and Good
Permissions of the Divine Providence
Permissions of Providence with respect to Worldly Possessions and Honors
Permission of Providence with respect to Wars
Permission of Providence with respect to the Religions of the various
Nations
Permission of Providence with respect to the Mohametan Religion
Permission of Providence with respect to the limited prevalence of the
Christian Religion
Permission of Providence with respect to the Divisions and Corruptions
of the Christian Religion
The Permission of Evils
The Divine Providence is equally with the Evil and the Good
The Divine Providence in withdrawing Man from Evil
Every Man may be
reformed, and there is no Predestination
The Operations of Providence for Man's Salvation are continual and
progressive
Reason why the Divine Providence operates invisibly and
incomprehensively
Fate
Fortune and Chance
Accidents
Care for the Morrow
THE HUMAN SOUL
Prevailing Ignorance respecting the Soul
What the Soul is
Origin of the Soul
Discrete and Continuous Degrees
Successive and Simultaneous Order of Discrete Degrees
Three Discrete Degrees of the Mind
In each Degree there is a Will and an Understanding
A yet interior Region of the Understanding, above the Celestial, in the
Inmost Man
The Rational and the Natural Mind
Evils and Falsities reside in the Natural Degree of the Mind
The Action and Reaction of the Natural and Spiritual Mind
The Closing of the Spiritual Degree of the Mind
A Man is perfected in the other Life according to the Degree opened in
the World
The Will and Understanding are Organic Forms
The Understanding can be elevated above the Will
The Will rather than the Understanding constitutes the Man
Thoughts and Affections are Variations of State and Form of the Organic
Substances of the Mind
Ideas of Thought
The Appearance of Understanding in Brutes – Difference between them and
Man
How the Spirit dwells within the Body
INFLUX, AND INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE BODY
Former Hypotheses concerning the Interaction between the Soul and the
Body
There is one only Life which flows into and vivifies all Forms
Influx from the Lord is both Immediate and Mediate through the Heavens
General and Particular Influx
The Influx into and through the Heavens is in Successive Order, from the
First to the Ultimate of Nature
The Influx into Man is also in Successive Order, according to the
Discrete Degrees of the Mind
The Influx is into the Will and Understanding, and through these into
the Body
Influx illustrated by the Sight of the Eye
In true order Spiritual Influx would guide Man into all Intelligence and
Wisdom
The Influx into the World of Nature
Origin of Noxious Animals, Plants, and Minerals
How the Soul acts into and by means of the Body
THE ETERNAL WORLD
All Angels and Spirits were once Men
The Immensity of the Spiritual World
Outward Aspect of the Spiritual
World
The Book of Life
The Eternity of Heaven and Hell
Why the Wicked cannot be saved after Death
Scriptural Explanation of the final State
The Universals of Hell and of Heaven
THE INTERMEDIATE STATE OR WORLD OF SPIRITS
General Doctrine
The Resurrection and Last Judgment of every one is immediately after
Death
The Process of Dying, Resurrection, etc
Three Successive States of Man in the World of Spirits
The First State of Man after Death
The Second State of Man after Death
The Third State of Man after Death
Indiscriminate earthly Friendships hurtful after Death
The Character of every one is perceived in the other Life from the
Sphere that encompasses him
Conversation and Language of Spirits
The Case of those who have only Natural Hereditary Good
The Delights of every one are changed into the corresponding Delights
after Death
Unconscious Association of Angels and Spirits with Man
Why there are two
Spirits and two Angels with every Man
Such Spirits and Angels are subject Spirits of some Heavenly or Infernal
Society
The Angels associated with Man, or Guardian Angels
Only
Good Spirits and Angels are with Infants
The Lord's Providential Guardianship of Man from Evil
Spirits in Sleep
The Danger of Conscious Interaction with Spirits
When Angels or Spirits speak with Man they speak in his own Language,
from his Memory
Visions and Dreams
What is meant by being in the Spirit
What it is to be taken out of the Body, and to be carried by the Spirit
into another place
The Difference between a State of Vision and direct Revelation from the
Lord
Extension of Man's Thought into the Spiritual World
How Spirits can be enabled to see into this World
How long Men remain in the World of Spirits
Purgatory a Fiction
HEAVEN
Heaven is Divided into Two Kingdoms
There are three Heavens
The Heavens were not Three before the Lord's Advent
In each Heaven There are Innumerable Societies
The Universal Heaven is in the Form of a Man
The Correspondence of Heaven with all things of Man
The Correspondence of Heaven with all things on Earth
The Sun and Moon in Heaven
The Heat and Light of Heaven
The Four Quarters in Heaven
Changes of State in Heaven
Time in Heaven
Space and Distance in Heaven
Representatives and Appearances in Heaven
The Garments of Angels
The Habitations and Mansions of the Angels
Governments in Heaven
Divine Worship in Heaven
The Power of Angels
The Speech of Angels
Writings in Heaven
The Wisdom of the Angels
The Innocence of Angels
The Peace of Heaven
The State in Heaven of the Nations and Peoples out of the Church
Infants in Heaven
The Rich and Poor in Heaven
Eternal Rest
The Occupations of Angels
Heavenly Joy and Happiness
The Aged return to the Spring-time of Life in Heaven
The Immensity of Heaven
Heaven is never filled, but more Perfect by Increase
HELL
The Origin of Evil and of Hell
The Lord governs the Hells
The Lord casts no one into Hell, but the Spirit casts himself therein
All in the Hells are in Evils and Falsities
Infernal Spirits are the Forms of their own Evils
The Nature of Self-Love
The Fire of Hell, and the Gnashing of Teeth
The Profound Wickedness and Nefarious Arts of Infernal Spirits
The Torments and Punishments of Hell
The Use and Effect of Punishments in Hell
Appearance, Situation and Plurality of the Hells
Equilibrium between Heaven and Hell
Freedom of the Infernals
Evil Spirits are restrained from plunging into greater Depths of Evil
than they had reached in the World
The Deadly Sphere of Hell
THE LAST JUDGMENT
What the Last Judgment is
The Last Judgment does not involve the Destruction of the World
The Earth and the Human Race will abide for ever
When the Last Judgment takes place
The Last Judgment must be in the Spiritual World
The Last Judgment of the First Christian Church has been accomplished
The Former Heaven and its Abolition
Of those meant by the Sheep, the Saints that slept, and the Souls under
the Altar
The State of the World and Church, after, and in consequence of, the
Last Judgment
THE EARTHS IN THE UNIVERSE
Innumerable Earths are inhabited
Permission to discourse with the Inhabitants of other Earths
The Possibility of such Converse, and how effected
The Planet Mercury
The Planet Venus
The Moon of our Earth
The Planet Mars
The Planet Jupiter
The Planet Saturn
Earths of other Solar Systems
Of a Second Earth beyond our Solar System
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS
Conscience
The Lord's Favor to Man's varied Conscience
The Pleasures of Life
The Origin of Human Speech
The Church cannot be raised up anew in any Nation until it is entirely
Vastated
Organic Function, the ground of Correspondence of Heaven with all things
in Man
The Church passes through the stages of Life like an individual
A Man's Mind is the Man himself
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