356. * it is allowed to mention it, there are wonderful things happening in that heaven - specifically this, that those minds, even though they are truly rational, can still be aroused with various desires; so it is very difficult, as long as this is being permitted to happen, to tell them from evil spirits. This also is depicted by the congregation, etc. etc.
[See WE 7300-01, explaining Num. 19 in general.] 7302. The heifer was to be burned to ashes, and this outside of the camp. This means that those elements should be wiped out, that is, those desires which wish to take over, thus the life must be taken from them. That the ashes from it were unclean, is clear from the fact that the priest would be unclean, and should wash his clothes, and touch water so as to rinse away his uncleanness. For this reason, that "ash" symbolizes the earthly filth thus wiped away, as if reduced to ashes. Very many por-
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