Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 107

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107. Verse 10. And a river was going out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four heads.

'A river was going out of Eden 'means wisdom deriving from love, which is Eden. 'To water the garden' is to confer intelligence 'From there to divide into four heads' describes intelligence coming through four rivers, as below.


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