Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2741

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2741. Good and truth are flowing in constantly from the Lord with all people and so consequently is genuine conjugial love; but it is received in varying ways. And as is the nature of that which receives it so does that love become. With the licentious it is converted into licentiousness, with adulterers into adultery. Heavenly happiness is converted into unclean delight, thus heaven into hell. It is like the light of the sun falling on objects, in that this light is received according to the nature of those objects, and becomes blue, red, yellow, green, dark, or even black, depending on how they receive it.


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