150. Because of this, the quarters in the heavens signify such things as pertain to those who dwell in them-the east signifying love and its good in clear perception, the west the same in obscure perception, the south wisdom and intelligence in clear light and the north the same in obscure light. And because of this signification of the quarters in heaven they have a like signification in the internal or spiritual sense of the Word,# for the internal or spiritual sense of the Word is in entire accord with what is in heaven. # The "east", in the Word, signifies love in clear perception (n. 1250, 3708); the "west", love in obscure perception (n. 3708, 9653); the "south" a state of light, or of wisdom and intelligence (n. 1458, 3708, 5672); and the "north", that state in obscurity (n. 3708).