Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2792

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2792. 'Abraham said to his servants, Remain here with the ass' means a separation at that point of the first rational together with the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'remaining here' as being separated for the time being, from the meaning of 'servants' as the first rational, dealt with above in 2782, and from the meaning of 'the ass' as the natural man or the natural degree of the mind, also dealt with above, in 2781.


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