Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 351
distance, even though it be many miles, and the time, though
it be many hours or days, are not thought of; neither is there
any feeling of fatigue; and one is led unerringly through ways
of which he himself is ignorant, even to the destined place.
442. But these two states of man, which are his states when
he is in his interiors, or what is the same, when he is in the
spirit, are extraordinary; but as they are states known about in
the church, they were exhibited to me only that I might know
what they are. But it has been granted to me now for many
years to speak with spirits and to be with them as one of them,
even in full wakefulness of the body.
443. That in respect to his interiors man is a spirit there are
further evidences in what has been said and shown above (n.
311–317), where it is explained that heaven and hell are from
the human race.
444. That man is a spirit in respect to his interiors means in
respect to the things pertaining to his thought and will, for
these are the interiors themselves that make man to be man,
and such a man as he is in respect to these interiors.