doctrine de swedenborg 11 lettres
They were published as four separate and distinct works in large quarto, and in the Latin language. The Holy of holies wherein was the ark of the covenant represented and consequently signified what is inmost of heaven and the church; and the Law itself written on the two tables of stone and enclosed in the ark signified the Lord as to the Word. That it is the Word which is thus described is very evident, for it is said "His name is called the Word of God"; and that it is the Lord who is meant is equally clear, for it is said that the name of Him who sat on the white horse was written, King of kings and Lord of lords. This image was so devised because a man signifies intelligence, and a fish knowledge, which make a one. We read in David: The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the God of glory maketh it to thunder; Jehovah is upon the great waters. I have been instructed besides that Enoch (of whom mention is made in Genesis 5:21-24) together with his associates, collected correspondences from the lips of those men of the Most Ancient Church, and transmitted the knowledge of them to posterity, and that in consequence of this the science of correspondences was not only known but was also much cultivated in many kingdoms of Asia, especially in the land of Canaan, in Egypt, Assyria, Chaldea, Syria, Arabia, and also in Tyre, Sidon, and Nineveh; and that it was carried over from places on the seacoast there into Greece; but there it was turned into fabulous stories, as is evident from the earliest writers of that country. Or why the prophet Hosea was twice commanded To take to himself a harlot to wife (Hos. What the spiritual sense is. 10:6). [4] On seeing these things I was instructed that by them was represented the sense of the letter of the Word, in which is the spiritual sense. The reason there is in the Word this still more interior sense called celestial is that there proceeds from the Lord Divine good and Divine truth, Divine good from His Divine love, and Divine truth from His Divine wisdom; and both are in the Word, for the Word is the Divine proceeding, 19-1 and it is for this reason that the Word gives life to those who devoutly read it. The knowledge of correspondences teaches what is signified by the white horse, what by Him who sat thereon, what by His eyes that were as a flame of fire, what by the crowns that were upon His head, what by His vesture dipped in blood, what by the white linen in which they were clothed who were of His army in heaven, what by the angel standing in the sun, what by the great supper to which they should come and gather themselves, and what by the flesh of kings, and captains, and others, which they should eat. Here also no one would see anything Divine except one who knows what is signified by the several names; and yet the subject treated of is the Lord's advent, and what shall then come to pass, as is plainly evident from verses 1 to 10. Who, therefore, without the aid of the spiritual sense, would see that by these things in their order is signified that they who are in falsities from ignorance, yet have not suffered themselves to be led astray by evils, will come to the Lord, and that the church will then understand the Word; and that falsities will then no longer harm them? 1:2-9; 3:2-3). 17:1-5). The ephod represented Divine truth in its ultimate, thus the Word in the sense of the letter, for this, as before said, is Divine truth in its ultimate. V THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH IS TO BE DRAWN FROM THE SENSE FO THE LETTER OF TH WORD, AND IS TO BE CONFIRMED THEREBY It has been shown in the preceding chapter that the Word in the sense of the letter is in its fullness, in its holiness, and in its power; and as the Lord is the Word (for He is the all of the Word), it follows that He is most of all present in the sense of the letter, and that from it He teaches and enlightens man. Thus the Latin word existere has a very different meaning from the English "exist," and cannot be translated by it without causing a complete misconception in the mind of the English reader. Nazirite and Naziriteship also mean the hair. Comparatively speaking it is as if the column of successive parts were to sink down and become a connected body in a plane. It has been shown in the work Heaven and Hell (n. 87-105) that all things of nature, and likewise of the human body, and also every single particular in them, correspond to spiritual things. 7:4-8). [3] And so when he sees in the Word such frequent mention of gardens, groves, and forests, and also of the trees in them, as the olive, vine, cedar, poplar, oak; and also such frequent mention of the lamb, sheep, goat, calf, ox; and likewise of mountains, hills, valleys, and the fountains, rivers, and waters in them, and many like things, one who knows nothing about the spiritual sense of the Word must believe that these things only are meant. The like is signified by "12." [5] In this sense, the "voice of Jehovah," here called "thunder" means the Divine truth or Word in its power. 4:5). [4] This was why baldness was to them a great disgrace, as is evident from the following passages: On all heads baldness, and every beard shaven (Isa. This sense, moreover, is signified by the appearing of the Lord in the clouds of heaven with glory and power (Matt. But being correspondences they are receptacles and abodes of genuine truth; and are like enclosing and containing vessels, as a crystal cup encloses noble wine, and as a silver plate holds palatable food. From all this it is evident that in the sense of the letter the Word is the very Word itself, for within this sense there are spirit and life, the spiritual sense being its spirit, and the celestial sense its life. Everywhere in Revelation it is the same. iv. For all utterances and answers from heaven are made exclusively by means of ultimate things such as are in the sense of the letter of the Word. These few examples are given in order to illustrate what the spiritual sense is, and to show that it is in all things of the Word and in every particular of it. And "water" signifies the truth that is in the Word. Supranumit de către Balzac „Buddha al Nordului”, Emanuel Swedenborg a fost una dintre cele mai misterioase și complexe personalități ale Scandinaviei . Gnostic Doctrine is dedicated to promoting Gnostic Teachings by pre-recorded videos and commentaries on Gnostic Documents. The spiritual sense does not appear in the sense of the letter, being within it as the soul in the body, as thought in the eyes, and as affection in the face, which act as a one, like cause and effect. The doctrines of the New Church review and assess the doctrines of earlier churches. 26:39-44). 10:26-32, 34). It is this sense chiefly which renders the Word spiritual, not for men only, but for angels also; and therefore by means of this sense the Word gives communication with the heavens. Furthermore, that without the sense of the letter the Word would be like a temple containing many holy things, and in its midst a sanctuary, but without roof and walls, which are its containers, and in the absence or loss of which its holy things would be plundered by thieves, or invaded by beasts of earth and birds of heaven, and thus be dispersed. That such is the nature of the Word does not appear in the sense of the letter, which sense is natural, for the reason that hitherto the man of this world has known nothing about the heavens; and consequently has not known what the spiritual is, nor what the celestial is, nor therefore the distinction between them and the natural. The Urim and Thummim were on the ephod of Aaron, whose priesthood represented the Lord as to Divine good and as to the work of salvation. 1-8) (2) No one can from himself do what is good that is really good (9-17) (3) In Chevrier’s INTRODUCTORY NOTE . i. Swedenborg several times associates the “wicked” with “malevolence,” defines “malevolence” as “destroying good, ... car la Parole est le Divin Vrai même, Numéros 1-4; la Doctrine de l'Église est tirée de là la Parole, Numéros 50-61: et par la Parole, ... on le voit dans La Doctrine sur le Seigneur 8-11. The spiritual sense of the Word is not that sense which shines forth from the sense of the letter while one is studying and unfolding the meaning of the Word with intent to confirm some tenet of the church. The "wilderness," and the "wilderness of Kadesh" mean the church in which there is not anything true and good. 13:1); And precious stones upon the harlot that sat on the scarlet beast (Rev. There is no form of life that is not in some way related to it; for all things created by the Lord from highest to lowest, from firsts to lasts, are forms of uses: they were created "from use, … The reason why the knowledge of correspondences, which gives the spiritual sense of the Word, was not disclosed in times after those, is that the Christians of the primitive church were so very simple that it could not be disclosed to them; for it would have been of no use to them, nor would it have been understood. From this it follows that by means of the various things they suffered and endured, they represented the violence done by the Jews to the sense of the letter of the Word. 19:11-18). It is said in the church that the Word is holy, and this because Jehovah God spoke it; but as its holiness is not apparent from the letter alone, he who on this account once doubts its holiness, afterwards confirms his doubt when reading the Word by many things in it, for he then thinks, Can this be holy; can this be Divine? Who without the spiritual sense would know what is signified by all the things enjoined concerning the burnt-offerings, sacrifices, meat-offerings, and drink-offerings, and also concerning the Sabbaths and feasts? 21:10). The Four Doctrines were originally published by Emanuel Swedenborg in the city of Amsterdam in the year 1763. 6:1-8). Take for example the parable of the ten virgins: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom; five of them were wise, and five were foolish; they that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil, but the wise took oil in their lamps. The truths and goods of the sense of the letter of the Word are meant by the Urim and Thummim. They are also like garments which clothe, as swathings do an infant, and a pretty dress a maiden. From this the rational man may infer that the first of the Word, which is celestial, passes through its middle, which is spiritual, to its ultimate, which is natural; and thus that its ultimate is the Basis. Most Christians don’t think too much about where the Bible came from. 11:13-16). Emanuel Swedenborg, né le 29 janvier 1688n 1 à Stockholm et mort le 29 mars 1772 à Londres, est un scientifique, théologien et philosophe suédois du XVIIIe siècle. Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million titles. The harlot, together with the dead horse, signified the falsification of the Word by many of this day, whereby all understanding of truth perishes. www.angels-heaven.org . The "flame of fire" means the affection of what is false. 0000005961 00000 n
The distinction between these degrees cannot be known unless correspondence is known. The power of Divine truth is directed especially against falsities and evils, thus against the hells. IV DIVINE TRUTH IN THE SENSE OF THE LETTER OF THE WORLD IS IN ITS FULLNESS, IN ITS HOLINESS, AND IN ITS POWER The reason why the Word in the sense of the letter is in its fullness, in its holiness, and in its power, is that the two prior or interior senses, which are called the spiritual and the celestial, are together or simultaneous [sunt simul] in the natural sense, which is the sense of the letter, as was said above (n. 28). What is that? In Revelation, chapter 7, it is said: That there were sealed one hundred and forty-four thousand-twelve thousand of each tribe of Israel-of the tribe of Judah, of the tribe of Reuben, of Gad, of Asher, of Naphtali, of Manasseh, of Simeon, of Levi, of Issachar, of Zebulon, of Joseph, and of Benjamin (Rev. How great and of what nature is the power of Divine truth in the heavens and also on earth, is evident from what has been said in Heaven and Hell concerning the power of the angels of heaven (n. 228-233). [3] The knowledge of correspondences survived among a number of the orientals, even until the Lord's advent, as is evident from the wise men of the east who came to the Lord at his birth; and this was why a star went before them, and why they brought with them as gifts gold, frankincense, and myrrh (Matt. 1-3, 7-11). Therefore in order to prevent anybody from entering into the spiritual sense of the Word, or from perverting the genuine truth that belongs to that sense, guards have been set by the Lord, which in the Word are meant by the cherubim. Swedenborg ; Lettre d'Emmanuel Kant, « Sur Swedenborg », Lettre à Charlotte de Knobloch (1758) Opinion d'un lettré hindou sur les doctrines de Swedenborg (Rao Bahadur Dabora Pandurung). Henry de Geymuller: Notice sommaire sur la vie et les écrits d'E. A fountain of salvation (Isa. Y��AQHy�s<2#����:���_M�^B0�tZz`9�d��-\;��W�'�h�����p�D���x. The Divine which comes down from the Lord to men descends through these three degrees; and when it has come down, it holds these three degrees contained within it. ii. Jehovah shall utter a curse against the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with the vehemence of His spirit He shall shake His hand over the river, and shall smite it into seven streams, so that He shall make a way [to pass over it] with shoes. spiritual master Swedenborg held as mineralogists served to convince him that the feasibility of making gold was guaranteed. Thus: The prophet Isaiah was commanded to put off the sackcloth from off his loins, and to put off his shoe from off his foot, and to go naked and barefoot three years (Isa. 2. The "being" of a thing is what we call its existence; and therefore it was said by the ancients that "in God we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:28). In that little work it has been shown that the Lord in respect to the Word is here described; and that by His eyes which were as a flame of fire, and by the crowns that were upon His head, and by the name that no one knew but He Himself, is meant the spiritual sense of the Word, and that no one can know it but the Lord Himself and he to whom He wills to reveal it; and also that by His vesture dipped in blood is meant the natural sense of the Word, which is the sense of its letter, to which violence has been done. I have been instructed that the men of the Most Ancient Church (the church before the flood) were of a genius so heavenly that they spoke with angels of heaven, and that they were able to speak with them by means of correspondences. Nay, without the sense of the letter, the Word would be like a human body without its coverings which are called skins, and without its supports which are called bones; lacking which supports and coverings all the interior things of the body would fall asunder.