It is permissible to enter from spiritual
truth into knowledges which pertain to the natural man, but not
the reverse, because there can be spiritual influx into the
natural, but not natural influx into the spiritual (n. 3219,
5119, 5259, 5427, 5428, 5478, 6322, 9110). The truths of the
word and of the church must first be acknowledged, after which
it is permissible to consider knowledges, but not before (n.
6047).
366. XL. MARRIAGES IN HEAVEN.
As heaven is from the human race, and angels therefore are of both
sexes, and from creation woman is for man and man is for woman, thus
the one belongs to the other, and this love is innate in both, it
follows that there are marriages in heaven as well as on the earth.
But marriages in heaven differ widely from marriages on the earth.
Therefore what marriages in heaven are, and how they differ from
marriages on the earth and wherein they are like them, shall now be
told.
367. Marriage in heaven is a conjunction of two into one mind. It
must first be explained what this conjunction is. The mind consists
of two parts, one called the understanding and the other the will.
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