Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 130
before the eyes of angels in heaven and are perceived by their
senses appear to their eyes and senses as fully living as things on
earth appear to man, and even much more clearly, distinctly
and perceptibly. Appearances from this source in heaven are
called real appearances, because they have real existence. There
are appearances also that are not real, which are things that
become visible, but do not correspond to interiors. 127
These
will be treated of further on.
176. To show what the things are that appear to the angels in
accordance with correspondences, I will here mention one only
for the sake of illustration. By those who are intelligent,
gardens and parks full of trees and flowers of every kind are
seen. The trees are planted in a most beautiful order, combined
to form arbors with arched approaches and encircling walks, all
more beautiful than words can describe. There the intelligent
walk, and gather flowers and weave garlands with which they
adorn little children. Moreover, there are kinds of trees and
flowers there that are never seen and cannot exist on earth. The
127. All things that are visible to the angels are representative (n. 1971,
3213–3226, 3342, 3457, 3475, 3485, 9457, 9481, 9576, 9577). The
heavens are full of representatives (n. 1521, 1532, 1619). The representatives
are more beautiful as they are more interior in the heavens (n. 3475). As the
representatives there are from the light of heaven they are real appearances (n.
3485). The Divine influx is turned into representatives in the higher heavens,
and therefrom in the lower heavens also (n. 2179, 3213, 9457, 9481, 9576,
9577). Those things are called representative that appear before the eyes of
the angels in such form as are in nature, that is, such as are in the world (n.
9457).
Internal things are thus turned into external (n. 1632, 2987–3002).
What representatives in the heavens are; this made clear by various
examples (n. 1521, 1532, 1619–1628, 1807, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981,
2299, 2601, 2761, 276, 3217, 3219, 3220, 3348, 3350, 5198, 9090,
10276).
All things seen in the heavens are in accordance with correspondences
and are called representatives (n. 3213–3226, 3342, 3475, 3485, 9457, 9481,
9576, 9577). All things that correspond also represent and likewise signify
what they correspond to (n. 2896, 2987, 2989–2991, 3002, 3225).