Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 279

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279. WHY THE SPHERES, VORTICES, OR HEAVENLY HABITATIONS, CORRESPOND TO THE PARTS OF MAN That the parts of man correspond to the heavens and their habitations and that the lower things are felt beneath the feet and indeed felt as cold things, according to the experience adduced above [n. 271], is because God Messiah, as a Man, infills the universe, and thus the things which are in the universe correspond to Him: wherefore Heaven is God Messiah Himself, because He is the all in all, and thus the heavenly sphere, vortices, and habitations correspond to Him and to His Members. 1747, Nov. 29: otherwise heaven and the universe could by no means subsist.


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