Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 185
forehead of man corresponds to love, and the face corresponds
to all his interiors. 179
The influx of spiritual angels into man is
into his head everywhere, from the forehead and temples to the
whole part that contains the cerebrum, because that region of
the head corresponds to intelligence; but the influx of celestial
angels is into that part of the head that contains the
cerebellum, and is called the occiput, from the ears all around
even to the neck, for that region corresponds to wisdom. All
the speech of angels with man enters by these ways into his
thought; and by this means I have perceived what angels they
were that spoke with me.
252. Those who talk with the angels of heaven also see the
things that exist in heaven, because they are then seeing in the
light of heaven, for their interiors are in that light; also the
angels through them see the things that are on the earth, 180
because in them heaven is conjoined to the world and the
world is conjoined to heaven. For (as has been said above, n.
246), when the angels turn themselves to man they so conjoin
themselves to him as to be wholly unaware that what pertains
to the man is not theirs—not only what pertains to his speech
but also to his sight and hearing; while man, on the other
hand, is wholly unaware that the things that flow in through
the angels are not his. Such was the conjunction that existed
between angels of heaven and the most ancient people on this
179. The “forehead” corresponds to heavenly love, and consequently in
the Word signifies that love (n. 9936).
The “face” corresponds to the interiors of man, which belong to
thought and affection (n. 1568, 2988, 2989, 3631, 4796, 4797, 4800, 5165,
5168, 5695, 9306).
The face is formed to correspondence with the interiors (n. 4791–4805,
5695).
Consequently the “face,” in the Word, signifies the interiors (n. 1999,
2434, 3527, 4066, 4796).
180. Spirits are unable to see through man any thing that is in this solar
world, but they have seen through my eyes; the reason (n. 1880).