Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4161

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4161. 'For the way of women is upon me' means that as yet they were among things that were unclean. This is clear from the meaning of 'the way of women' as uncleanness, and also that the things on which she sat were unclean, Lev 15:19-31. So they were among things that were unclean. Interior truths are said to be among things that are unclean when they are among facts which do not as yet correspond, that is, which are not in harmony with them. Such things are removed when a person is being made clean, that is, when being regenerated.


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