Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 3639

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3639. All positions in heaven exist in accordance with the human body and the directions away from it, that is to say, to the right of it, to the left, to the front, and to the rear, however it may be stationed. They also exist on different levels, for example, on the level of the head and parts of the head, such as the forehead, temples, eyes, and ears; on the level of the body, such as the level of the shoulder-blades, the breast, the abdomen, the loins, the knees, the feet, or the soles of the feet; also on the levels above the head and below the soles of the feet, and slanting away in every direction, as well as those at the back of the body, from the rear of the head downwards. From the actual position where they are set one recognizes which communities they are, and to which provinces of the organs and limbs of the human being they belong; and one is never mistaken. Yet the same is recognized even more clearly from the essential nature and character of their affections.


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