11:5; Luke 6:20, 21; 14:21;
Isa. 14:30; 29:19; 41:17, 18; Zeph. 3:12, 13). All these passages may
be seen explained in accordance with the spiritual sense in the
Arcana Coelestia (n. 10227).
{Footnote 1} "Garments" signify truths, thus knowledges (n.
1073, 2576, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9952, 10536). "Purple"
signifies celestial good (n. 9467). "Fine linen" signifies
truth from a celestial origin (n. 5319, 9469, 9744).
{Footnote 2} A "camel" signifies in the Word the knowing
faculty and knowledge in general (n. 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145).
What is meant by "needlework, working with a needle," and
therefore by a "needle" (n. 9688). To enter from knowledge into
the truths of faith is contrary to Divine order (n. 10236).
Those that do this become demented in respect to the thing of
heaven and the church (n. 128-130, 232, 233, 6047). And in the
other life, when they think about spiritual things they become
as it were drunken (n. 1072). Further about such (n. 196).
Examples showing that when spiritual things are entered into
through knowledges they cannot be comprehended (n. 233, 2094,
2196, 2203, 2209).
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