Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 148
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The Form of Heaven
That Determines Affiliations
and Communications There
200. What the form of heaven is can be seen in some
measure from what has been shown in the preceding chapters;
as that heaven is like itself both in its greatest and in its least
divisions (n. 72); that consequently each society is a heaven in
a lesser form, and each angel in the least form (n. 51–58); that
as the entire heaven reflects a single man, so each society of
heaven reflects a man in a lesser form, and each angel in the
least form (n. 59–77); that the wisest are at the center, and the
less wise are round about even to the borders, and the like is
true of each society (n. 43); and that those who are in the good
of love dwell from the east to the west in heaven, and those
who are in truths from good from the south to the north; and
the same is true of each society (n. 148, 149). All this is in
accord with the form of heaven; consequently it may be
concluded from this what this form is in general. 146
201. It is important to know what the form of heaven is,
because not only is all affiliation there in accordance with it,
but also all mutual communication, and in consequence of this
146. The entire heaven in respect to all angelic societies, is arranged by
the Lord in accordance with His Divine order, since it is the Divine of the
Lord with the angels that makes heaven (n. 3038, 7211, 9128, 9338, 10125,
10151, 10157).
Concerning the heavenly form (n. 4040–4043, 6607, 9877).