Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 9574

Previous Number Next Number Next Translation See Latin 

9574. A talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels. That this signifies celestial good, from which is spiritual good together with its memory-knowledges, is evident from the signification of "a talent of pure gold," as being the one good from which are all things, for "a talent" denotes one, and "gold" denotes good (see n. 9549); and "the vessels," which were also to be of the same good, denote memory-knowledges (n. 9557, 9559, 9560, 9563, 9564; that "vessels" in general denote truths and memory-knowledges, see n. 3068, 3079, 9394, 9544). As good must be everything in all the products and derivatives, thus celestial good in spiritual goods, and from this in memory-knowledges (n. 9568), therefore it is said that the lampstand must be made of pure solid gold (n. 9549, 9550); and that the shaft, the reed, the cups, the pomegranates, and the flowers, must be from the same (n. 9551-9554); and here that it, together with all these vessels, must be made from a talent of pure gold.


This page is part of the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

© 2000-2001 The Academy of the New Church