Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 3457

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3457. 'And they ate and drank' means communication. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as communicating through the things that belong to good, dealt with in 2187, 2343, 3168, and from the meaning of 'drinking' as communicating through the things that belong to truth, dealt with in 3089, 3168.


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