561. [verse 14] 'And to the woman were given the two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her own place' signifies Divine circumspection on behalf of that Church, and protection while it is still among a few. By 'the woman' is signified the New Church (n. 533); by 'wings' is signified power and protection (n. 245); by an 'eagle' is signified intellectual sight and thought therefrom (n. 245); by 'to fly' is signified to look into and around (perspicere et circumspicere) (n. 245); by 'the wilderness' is signified the Church desolated, and thus among a few (n. 546); by 'place' is signified the state there. Resulting from these things it follows that by 'to the woman were given the two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness to her own place' is signified Divine circumspection on behalf of the New Church, and protection while it is still among a few.