Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 94

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94. It has been shown that the entire heaven resembles one man, and that it is a man in image, and is therefore called the Grand Man. It has also been shown that the angelic societies of which heaven consists are accordingly arranged as are the members, organs and viscera in a man. That is, some are in the head, some in the breast, some in the arms, and some in each particular part of those (see above n. 59-72). Consequently, the societies in any member there correspond to the same member in man, those in the head there corresponding to the head in man, those in the breast there to the breast in man, those in the arms there to the arms in man, and so on with all the rest. It is from this correspondence that man continues in existence, for he does so from no other source than heaven.


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