1145. Moreover, I spoke with them [see 1141-2], because they were wearying me [with objections] because I was writing on the subject of inward and admittedly unfamiliar matters, such as philosophical ones relating to the inward organic parts of the human body. These matters being such as they are, and it is the truth, therefore one must not be silent about them simply because there is hardly one in a thousand who understands them-for instance, all that I saw and heard today about the chyle reservoir. Since this is how things are, and since it cannot be clear what the condition of spirits and angels is without knowing about them, these circumstances must not be left untold. For there are people who understand and love these things, and there are those who assent to them even though they do not understand them, who see them supporting universal truths. These things have therefore been written for such people only, not for others. To this I can testify, that the angels so exquisitely understand these [inward] matters, which I have sought to support by anatomical and philo-
1145 1/2. sophical truths, that on the basis of conditions in heaven, they fully recognized and grasped that such things exist in the human body. Indeed, they grasp countless more particulars, which, if written down, no one of those living in the body would be capable of understanding. For the angels penetrate to the very least points and see whether they are true, as I can testify from clear experience. These subjects that are so complicated for human minds, to them are common knowledge, child's play as they call them, surprised they do not fall within everyone's grasp, as they now dictate, for they are guiding my thought to writing these words. Moreover, the conditions of spirits and angels in all their variations cannot possibly be understood without a deep knowledge of the human body; for the Kingdom of the Lord is an image of the Human Being. And without this Kingdom, which is likened to the true Human being, because the Lord Alone is Human, and is His Kingdom, no person could live at all. For all things in heaven conspire toward the conservation of the least things in the body. This can be clearly demonstrated. And if you wish, you will hear even deeper secrets:
1145 1/3. if there were not incalculably many worlds or planets, which go together to make up this Human being, the souls of one world or planet would never be enough; because there must be limitlessly many varieties, and in each part of it there must be innumerable souls to establish it. 1748, 3 March.
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