Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7682

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7682. 'And the east wind brought the locusts' means massive falsity present with the molesting ones, brought by the agent of destruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'the east wind' as the agent of destruction, dealt with just above in 7679; and from the meaning of 'the locusts' as falsity in outermost parts, dealt with in 7643, at this point massive falsity since it had taken possession of the whole natural mind, 7645.


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