Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 195
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The Wisdom of the Angels
of Heaven
265. The nature of angelic wisdom can scarcely be
comprehended, because it so greatly transcends human wisdom
that the two cannot be compared; and whatever is thus
transcendent does not seem to be anything. Moreover, some
truths that must enter into a description of it are as yet
unknown, and until these become known they exist in the
mind as shadows, and thus hide the thing as it is in itself.
Nevertheless, these truths can be known, and when known be
comprehended, provided the mind takes any interest in them;
for interest carries light with it because it is from love; and
upon those who love the things pertaining to Divine and
heavenly wisdom light shines forth from heaven and gives
enlightenment.
266. What the wisdom of the angels is can be inferred from
the fact that they are in the light of heaven, and the light of
heaven in its essence is Divine truth or Divine wisdom; and
this light enlightens at the same time their inner sight, or sight
of the mind, and their outer sight, or sight of the eyes. (That
the light of heaven is Divine truth or Divine wisdom may be
seen above, n. 126–133.) The angels are also in heavenly heat,
which in its essence is Divine good or Divine love, and from
that they have an affection and longing to become wise. (That
the heat of heaven is Divine good or Divine love may be seen
above, n. 133–140.) That the angels are in wisdom, even to the
extent that they may be called wisdoms, follows from the fact
that their thoughts and affections all flow in accordance with
the heavenly form, and this form is the form of Divine