Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 114
eyes; but the Lord sees the angels in the forehead, and this for
the reason that the forehead corresponds to love, and it is
through love that the Lord flows into their will, while it is
through the understanding, to which the eyes correspond, that
he causes himself to be seen. 115
146. The quarters in the heavens that give form to the Lord’s
celestial kingdom differ from the quarters in the heavens that
give form to his spiritual kingdom, for the reason that he is
seen by the angels in his celestial kingdom as a sun, but by the
angels in his spiritual kingdom as a moon; and where the Lord
is seen is the east. The distance there between the position of
the sun and that of the moon is thirty degrees, and there is a
like difference in the position of the quarters. That heaven is
divided into two kingdoms, called the celestial kingdom and
the spiritual kingdom, may be seen in its own chapter (n.
20–28); and that the Lord is seen in the celestial kingdom as a
sun, and in the spiritual kingdom as a moon (n. 118). But it
does not follow that the quarters of heaven become confused
on this account, for neither can the spiritual angels ascend
among the celestial angels, nor the celestial descend among the
spiritual, as may be seen above (n. 35).
147. This makes clear the nature of the Lord’s presence in
the heavens, that he is everywhere and with everyone in the
good and truth that go forth from him; consequently he is with
angels in what is his own, as has been said above (n. 12). The
perception of the Lord’s presence is in their interiors; and it is
from these that their eyes see, and it is by this continuity that
they see the Lord outside of themselves. This shows what is
115. The forehead corresponds to heavenly love; therefore in the Word
the “forehead” signifies that love (n. 9936).
The eye corresponds to the understanding, because the understanding is
internal sight (n. 2701, 4410, 4526, 9051, 10569).
For this reason “to lift up the eyes” and “to see” signifies to understand,
perceive, and observe (n. 2789, 2829, 3198, 3202, 4083, 4086, 4339, 5684).