Also, it is by virtue of this
that he lives to eternity. But what is arranged and provided by the
Lord in this inmost does not distinctly flow into the perception of
any angel, because it is above his thought and transcends his wisdom.
40. These now are the general truths respecting the three heavens;
but in what follows each heaven will be particularly treated of.
41. VI. THE HEAVENS CONSIST OF INNUMERABLE SOCIETIES.
The angels of each heaven are not together in one place, but are
divided into larger and smaller societies in accordance with the
differences of good of love and of faith in which they are, those who
are in like good forming a single society. Goods in the heavens are
in infinite variety, and each angel is as it were his own good.{1}
{Footnote 1} There is infinite variety, and never any thing the
same with any other (n. 7236, 9002). So in the heavens there is
infinite variety (n. 684, 690, 3744, 5598, 7236). Varieties in
the heavens, which are infinite, are varieties of good (n.
3744, 4005, 7236, 7833, 7836, 9002). These varieties exist
through truths, which are manifold from which is each one's
good (n.
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