602# 但须知道，就理智而言，人几乎能够升入天上天使所在之光；然而，若其意志并不同时升上去，他仍是旧人，而非新人。至于理智如何逐渐将意志一同提升至高处，前文已经说明。因此，重生主要是就意志而言，其次才是就理智而言。
因为人的理智如同世上的光，意志则如同世上的热。众所周知，光若没有热，并不能赋予生命、使万物生长；惟有与热结合的光，才能如此。
人的理智，就其在心智较低区域而言，实际上也在世界之光中；就其在较高区域而言，则在天堂之光中。因此，除非意志从较低区域被提升到较高区域，并在那里与理智结合，否则它仍停留在世界之中；这时，理智虽上下飞腾，终究每夜都回到下面的意志那里，并在那里卧下；二者相合，如男子与娼妓相合，所生之物乃是双头的怪胎。
由此也可见，除非人有新的意志与新的理智，他就尚未重生。
602# 但必须明白的是，人在其理解力方面几乎可以上升到天堂天使所享有的光中，但除非他在其意愿方面也上升，否则他仍是旧人，而不是新人。前面已经说明，理解力如何将意愿越来越提升到与自身相同的高度或层级。正因如此，重生主要论及意愿，其次论及理解力。因为人的理解力就像世上的光，意愿就像世上的热；众所周知，没有热的光不会赋予生气，也不会促进生长，但与热结合的光可以。此外，就心智的较低区域而言，理解力实际上在世界之光中；而就较高区域而言，理解力在天堂之光中；因此，如果意愿不从较低区域被提升到较高区域，并在那里与理解力结合，那么它仍留在世界上。然后，理解力上下翻飞；每天夜里都下降到下面的意愿，并在那里安息；它们就像已婚男人或丈夫和妓女一样结合，生出双头的后代。由此清楚可知，除非一个人拥有一个新意愿和一个新理解力，否则他不会重生。
602. It is important to note, however, that our intellect can rise up almost into the light that the angels of heaven have, but if our will does not rise along with it, we are still the old self, not the new self. (I have already shown how the intellect lifts the will up with itself, higher and higher.) For this reason, regeneration is primarily a matter of the will, and only secondarily a matter of the intellect. The intellect in us is like light in the world, and our will is like the heat here. Without heat, light brings nothing to life and makes nothing grow; as we know, light has to act in partnership with heat. The intellect that is in the lower part of the mind is actually in the light of this world; the intellect that is in the higher part of the mind is in the light of heaven. Therefore if our will is not lifted up from the lower region into the higher region to join the intellect, it remains at the level of the world. Then our intellect flies up and down, up and down. Every night, though, it flies down and sleeps with our will below, and the two make love like a married man and a whore and bring forth two-headed offspring.
Again, it is clear that if we do not have a new will and a new intellect, we have not been regenerated.
602. It needs to be known that a person as regards his understanding can rise almost into the light enjoyed by the angels of heaven. But if he does not also rise as regards his will, he is still the old person, not a new one. I showed earlier how the understanding raises the will to an even higher level to match itself. Regeneration, therefore, is primarily a matter of the will, secondarily of the understanding. For a person's understanding resembles light in the world, his will heat there. It is well known that light without heat does not make things live and grow, but only light combined with heat. In respect of the lower region of the mind the understanding really is enlightened by the light of the world, but in respect of the upper region by the light of heaven. Therefore unless the will is raised from the lower region to the upper and is there linked to the understanding, it remains in the world. Then the understanding swoops up and down, but every night sinks down to the will and rests there; and they couple like a man with a whore, and bring forth offspring with two heads. These facts too make it plain that unless a person acquires a new will and a new understanding, he has not been regenerated.
602. But it must be understood that while man may rise as to his understanding almost into the light in which the angels of heaven are, unless he rises also as to his will, he is still the old and not a new man. But it has been shown already how the understanding elevates the will more and more to the same height with itself. For this reason regeneration is predicated primarily of the will, and secondarily of the understanding. For the understanding in man is like light in the world, and the will is like the heat there; and it is known that light without heat does not vivify or cause vegetation, but light joined with heat. Moreover, as to the lower region of the mind, the understanding is actually in the light of the world, while as to the higher region it is in the light of heaven; consequently if the will is not raised from the lower region into the higher, and there conjoined with the understanding, it remains in the world; and then the understanding flies upward and downward, but returns every night to the will below and sleeps there; and they unite like a man and a harlot, and beget two-headed offspring. From all this it is clear that unless a man has a new will and a new understanding, he is not regenerated.
602. It should be known, however, that a man, as to his understanding, can ascend almost into the light which the angels of heaven enjoy; but unless he ascends also as to his will, he is still the old man and not the new. It was shown above how the understanding raises the will more and more to the same level with itself. It is on this account that regeneration is predicated primarily of the will, and secondarily of the understanding; for the understanding in man is like the light in the world, and the will like the heat there; and it is well known that light without heat does not vivify and promote growth, but that this is the result of light in conjunction with heat. The understanding also, as to the lower region of the mind, is actually in the light of the world, and as to the higher region, in the light of heaven; and therefore, if the will is not raised from the lower region into the higher, and there united with the understanding, it remains in the world. The understanding then flies upwards and downwards; but every night it descends to the will beneath and there comes to rest, and their union, like that of husband and courtesan, produces ill-favored offspring. From this, it is evident that unless a man has a new will and a new understanding he is not regenerated.
602. At sciendum est, quod homo quoad intellectum assurgere possit paene in lucem, in qua sunt Angeli Coeli, sed si non etiam assurgit quoad voluntatem, usque est vetus homo, et non novus: quomodo autem intellectus elevat voluntatem in altitudinem secum plus et plus, prius ostensum est; quare regeneratio primario praedicatur de voluntate, et secundario de intellectu: nam intellectus apud hominem est sicut lux in Mundo, et voluntas sicut calor ibi; quod lux absque calore non vivificet et vegetet, sed lux conjuncta calori, notum est; intellectus etiam quoad inferiorem regionem in mente, est etiam actualiter in luce Mundi, et in luce coeli quoad superiorem, quare nisi voluntas elevetur e regione inferiore in superiorem, et ibi conjungitur intellectui, manet in Mundo, et tunc intellectus volat sursum et deorsum, at omni nocte ad voluntatem infra, ac ibi cubat, et se conjungunt sicut vir et scortum, et pariunt foetus bicipites. Ex his etiam patet, quod nisi homini nova voluntas et novus intellectus sit, non regeneratus sit.