Potts(1905-1910) 5377
5377. Continuation concerning the correspondence with the Grand Man; here concerning the correspondence of the interior viscera therewith. The subject treated of at the close of the preceding chapter was the correspondence of some of the interior viscera of the body with the Grand Man, namely, of the liver, the pancreas, the stomach, and some others. The subject is now continued with the correspondence therewith of the peritoneum, the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder, and also of the intestines; for whatever is in man, both what is in the external man and what is in the internal, has a correspondence with the Grand Man. Without correspondence therewith (that is, with heaven, or what is the same, with the spiritual world) nothing would ever come into existence and subsist, for the reason that it would have no connection with what is prior to itself, nor consequently with the First, that is, with the Lord. What is unconnected, and thus independent, cannot subsist for a single moment; for its subsistence is from its connection with that from which is all existence, and its dependence upon it, because subsistence is a perpetual coming into existence. [2] Hence it is that not only all things in general and particular in man correspond, but also all and each in the universe. The sun itself corresponds, and also the moon; for in heaven the Lord is the Sun, and also the Moon. The sun's flame and heat, and also its light, correspond; for it is the Lord's love toward the whole human race to which the flame and heat correspond, and the Divine truth to which the light corresponds. The very stars correspond, the societies of heaven and their habitations being what they have correspondence with; not that they are in the stars, but that they are in a similar order. Whatever appears under the sun corresponds, as all and each of the subjects in the animal kingdom, and also all and each of the subjects in the vegetable kingdom; and unless there were an influx from the spiritual world into all and each, they would instantly sink down and shrivel away. This has been granted me to know by much experience; for I have been shown with what things in the spiritual world many things in the animal kingdom, and many more in the vegetable kingdom, correspond, and also that without influx they would by no means subsist; for when that which is prior is taken away, that which is posterior necessarily falls, and the same is the case when what is prior is separated from what is posterior. As there is an especial correspondence of man with heaven, and through heaven with the Lord, a man appears in the other life in the light of heaven according to the quality of his correspondence. Hence the angels appear in ineffable brightness and beauty, but the infernals in inexpressible blackness and deformity.
Elliott(1983-1999) 5377
5377. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND MAN - continued IN THIS SECTION TOO THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS WITH IT
The subject at the end of the previous chapter was the correspondence of certain internal organs of the body with the Grand Man, that is to say, the correspondence of the liver, pancreas, stomach, and certain other organs with it. In this present section the same subject moves on to the correspondence of the peritoneum, kidneys, ureters, bladder, and also the intestines with it. Whatever exists in the human being, both in the external man and in the internal man, has a correspondence with the Grand Man. Without that correspondence with the Grand Man - that is, with heaven, or what amounts to the same, with the spiritual world - nothing can ever come into being and remain in being. This is because it does not have a connection with anything prior to itself or consequently with Him who is the First, that is, with the Lord. Nothing that lacks such a connection, thus that is independent, can remain in being for even a single instant. For everything that remains in being does so entirely by virtue of its connection with and dependence on what brings it into being; for remaining in being consists in a constant coming into being.
[2] From this it follows that not only all the individual parts of the human being correspond to the Grand Man but also every single thing in the universe. The sun has a correspondence, and so does the moon; for in heaven the Lord is the Sun, and the Moon too. The fire and heat of the sun, as well as its light, have a correspondence, for it is the Lord's love towards the whole human race that its fire and heat correspond to, and His Divine truth that its light corresponds to. The stars too have a correspondence, the communities of heaven and their dwelling-places being what the stars correspond to. Not that the heavenly communities dwell in the stars, but that they have been set in order in the same kind of way as the stars. Everything under the sun has a correspondence - every single thing beneath it in the animal kingdom and every single thing beneath it in the vegetable kingdom. And unless the spiritual world were flowing into them all, every one, they would instantly break down and fall to pieces.
[3] Considerable experience too has made me aware of all this, for I have been shown what very many things in the animal kingdom, and still more in the vegetable kingdom, correspond to in the spiritual world, as well as the fact that without the inflow of the spiritual world into them they cannot by any means at all remain in being. For once what is prior has been taken away what is posterior of necessity perishes, and likewise once what is prior has been severed from what is posterior. Since correspondence is primarily the correspondence of the human being with heaven, and through heaven with the Lord, the specific nature of each person's correspondence therefore determines what he looks like in the next life in the light of heaven. This explains why angels have an indescribably bright and beautiful appearance, whereas those in hell have an unspeakably dark and ugly one.
Latin(1748-1756) 5377
5377. Continuatio de Correspondentia cum Maximo Homine, hic etiam de Correspondentia Viscerum interiorum cum illo {1}@1 A d Renum, Ureterum, Vesicae et Intestinorum, i Viscerum$
Actum est ad finem praecedentis capitis de correspondentia viscerum quorundam interiorum corporis cum Maximo Homine, nempe hepatis, pancreatis, ventriculi, et quorundam aliorum; hic autem continuabitur de correspondentia peritonaei, renum, ureterum, vesicae, tum intestinorum cum illo. Quicquid enim in homine est, tam quod in externo {1} homine quam quod in interno, correspondentiam habet cum Maximo Homine; absque correspondentia cum illo, hoc est, cum caelo, aut quod idem, cum spirituali mundo, nihil usquam existit ac subsistit, ex causa quia non aliquem nexum habet cum priore se, consequenter nec cum Primo, hoc est, cum Domino; quod inconnexum est et sic independens, ne quidem uno momento subsistere potest; quod enim subsistat, est a nexu et dependentia ab illo a quo omne existentiae, nam subsistentia est perpetua existentia {2}. [2] Inde est quod non solum omnia et singula apud hominem correspondeant, sed etiam omnia et singula in universo; ipse sol correspondet, et quoque luna, nam in caelo est Dominus Sol et quoque Luna; solis flamma et calor, ut et lux, correspondent {3}, est enim amor Domini erga universum geniis humanum cui flamma et calor, et Divinum {4} verum cui lux, correspondet; ipsa sidera correspondent, sunt societates caeli et habitacula eorum, cum quibus siderum est correspondentia, non quod ibi sint, sed quod in tali ordine; quicquid apparet sub sole, correspondet, sicut omnia et singula subjecta in regno {5} animali, et quoque omnia et singula subjecta in regno {5} vegetabili, in quae omnia et singula nisi influxus foret ex spirituali mundo, {6} momento occumberent et collaberentur; [3] quod etiam ab experientia multa mihi scire datum est, nam ostensum cum quibus in spirituali mundo corresponderent plura quae in regno animali, et adhuc plura quae in regno vegetabili, et quoque quod absque influxu nullatenus subsistant, (m)nam dempto priore necessario cadit posterius, similiter separato priore a posteriore. Quia correspondentia est cumprimis hominis cum caelo, et per caelum cum Domino, inde est quod qualiter correspondet homo, taliter appareat in altera vita in luce caeli, inde angeli in candore et pulchritudine ineffabili, infernales autem in nigrore et deformitate inexpressibili.
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