Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4887

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4887. 'To receive the pledge from the woman's hand' means instead of external pledges. This is clear from the meaning of 'the seal, cord, and rod', which were 'the pledge', as pledges of a joining to the external or natural man, and so as external pledges, dealt with in 4874.


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