782. [verse 14] 'And the fruits of the longing of thy soul have departed from thee, and all things fat and splendid have departed from thee, and thou shalt not find them any more' signifies that all the blessings and felicities of heaven, even such external ones as are desired by them, are going to flee away altogether and no longer appear, because there are not any celestial and spiritual affections of good and truth with them. By 'the fruits of the longing of the soul' nothing else is signified but the blessings and felicities of heaven, because these are the fruits of all the things of doctrine and worship that are treated of, and because they are the longings of men when they are dying and their longings also when they come fresh into the spiritual world. By 'things fat and splendid' are signified celestial and spiritual affections of good and truth; by 'fat things' affections of good, concerning which [something] follows, and by 'splendid things' affections of truth. These are termed 'splendid' because they come into existence out of the light of heaven and its brilliance in minds, whence are the intelligence of good and truth as well as wisdom. By 'to depart' and 'not to find them any more is signified that they are going to flee away and not make any further appearance, because they are not in any celestial and spiritual good and truth. It is said 'even such external ones as are desired by them' because by them are desired none but bodily and worldly blessings and felicities and affections, and consequently they cannot know what the ones that are called celestial and spiritual are, or what they are like. [2] But let these things be illustrated by the disclosure of their lot after death. All those of that form of religion who have been in a love of dominion derived from the love of self and consequently in a love of the world, when they come into the spiritual world, which is immediately after death, do not breathe forth anything but dominion and the resulting pleasures of the mind (voluptates animi) and the pleasures of the body procurable by wealth; for the ruling love with its affections or lusts and desires remains with everyone after death. But because the love, derived from the love of self, of dominating over the holy things of the Church and heaven which all are the Lord's Divine things is diabolical, therefore after a certain time they are separated from their companions and cast down into hells. But still because they have been in an external worship derived from their form of religion they are first instructed as to what heaven is and what it is like also what the happiness of eternal life is and what it is like. [They are instructed] that there are pure blessings inflowing from the Lord with each and every one in heaven in accordance with the quality of the celestial affections of good and truth with them. But because they have not approached the Lord, and consequently have not been conjoined with Him, and also have not been in any such affection of good and truth, they are averse to them and turn themselves away. And then they desire the pleasures of the love of self and the world which are merely natural and bodily. But because it is inherent in those pleasures to do evil, especially to do it to those who worship the Lord, thus to the angels of heaven, therefore they are deprived of those pleasures also and are then rejected among their companions who are in contempt and misery in infernal workhouses. But these things are done to them in accordance with the degree of the love of dominion over the Lord's Divine things, in accordance with which degree is their rejection of the Lord. [3] From these things it can now be established that by 'the fruits of the longing of thy soul have departed from thee, and all things fat and splendid have departed from thee, and thou shalt not find them any more' is signified that all the blessings and felicities of heaven, even such external ones as are desired by them, are going to flee away altogether and no longer appear because there are not any affections of good and truth with them. That 'fat things' signify celestial goods as well as the affections thereof and the delights of the affections, can be established from the following passages:-