Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 3148

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3148. The human body has been formed entirely from the grand Human

It was imparted out of heaven that this can be seen from the human being, whose body has been formed entirely subject to all the decisions of the will, to enable it to go forth into action. Will pertains to love. Moreover the Human brain is formed after the mental image, as they call it, of the whole heaven of angels and of the world of spirits, and out of the brain as from heaven, every form or structure of the body comes forth, so as to be able to respond to its nod. This shows that all things of the body are representative of heavenly and spiritual things. 1748, 13 Sept.


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