20、在天堂与地狱中间的灵人界，新教徒构成核心或中心区域，在那里按国籍排列。在这个中心区域，英国人在中间，荷兰人朝东南，德国人朝北，瑞典人朝西北，丹麦人朝西。但在这些国家中，只有那些过着仁及其信的生活之人住在中间区域；那里有许多社群。他们周围是没有过信与仁的生活的新教徒，这些新教徒就是为自己造假天堂的人。不过，无论在天堂还是在地狱，所有人都有不同的安排。新教徒之所以在那里构成中心区域，是因为圣言在他们当中被阅读，主也在他们当中受到敬拜；这在那里产生最大、最强的光；这光从那里，如同从它的中心传播到整个周边区域，并带来光照。因为灵人与天使所享有的光从显为太阳的主发出，这太阳本质上是神性之爱，它发出的光本质上是神性智慧。这就是灵界的一切属灵事物的源头。关于主在灵界显为一轮太阳，以及这太阳的光和热，可参看《天堂与地狱》一书（116-140节）。
20. In the world of spirits, which is halfway between heaven and hell, Protestants make up the core, or form a central area, and are arranged there by nationality. In that central area, the British are in the middle, the Dutch to the south and east, the Germans to the north, the Swedes to the west and north, and the Danes to the west; but of these nationalities, only those people live in that central area whose earthly lives were governed by caring and by the faith that comes from caring. There are many communities there. Around them are Protestants who did not lead lives of faith and caring. These are the ones who made pseudo-heavens for themselves.
Heaven, though, is arranged differently than this, and so is hell. The reason Protestants occupy the central area there is that the Word is read among them and the Lord is worshiped as well, which means that this is where the greatest light is—a light that spreads from there as from its center to the whole circumference, and brings enlightenment. The light in which spirits and angels live comes from the Lord as the sun. That sun, in its essence, is divine love, and the light that radiates from it is, in its essence, divine wisdom. This is the source of everything spiritual in that world.
On the Lord as the sun in the spiritual world, and on the light and warmth that come from it, see Heaven and Hell 116–140.
20. In the world of spirits, which is midway between heaven and hell, the Reformed make up its inmost part or heartland; in it they are arranged according to their countries. The British occupy the centre of this heartland; the Dutch are towards the south and east; the Germans towards the north; the Swedes towards the west and north and the Danes towards the west. But only those who have lived a life of charity and the faith that goes with it are in the heartland. They have numerous communities there. Surrounding them are the Reformed who have not led a life of faith and charity; these are the ones who made something like heavens for themselves. But in heaven, as well as in hell, all occupy a different arrangement.
The reason why the Reformed make up the heartland there is that among them the Word is read, and the Lord is also worshipped. This produces the strongest light there, and it sheds its illumination as it spreads out as it were from a central point to all the surrounding areas. For the light enjoyed by spirits and angels radiates from the Lord as a sun, which in essence is Divine love, and the light radiating from it is in essence Divine wisdom. This is the source of all the spirituality of that world. On the Lord as the sun in the spiritual world and the light and heat from it see (HEAVEN AND HELL 116-140).
20. The Reformed constitute the inmost or middle part of the world of spirits, which is midway between heaven and hell, and are there arranged according to countries. In the center of this middle region are the English; towards the south and the east of it are the Dutch; towards the north, the Germans; towards the west and the north, the Swedes; and towards the west, the Danes. But those only who have lived the life of charity, and its faith, are in that middle region: many societies of them dwell there. Surrounding them are those of the Reformed, who have not lived the life of faith and charity: these are they who made as it were heavens to themselves. But there is a different arrangement of all in heaven, and also of all in hell. The reason why the Reformed constitute the middle there is, because with them the Word is read, and the Lord is also worshiped, from which the greatest light is there; and thence, as from a center, this light is propagated to all the circumferences and enlightens. For the light in which spirits and angels are, proceeds from the Lord as a sun, and this sun, in its essence, is the Divine love, and the light which proceeds from it in its essence is the Divine wisdom: all the spiritual of that world is derived from it. Concerning the Lord as the sun in the spiritual world, and concerning the light and heat of that sun, see the work on Heaven and Hell 116-140).
20. Reformati in mundo spirituum, qui est medius inter caelum et infernum, constituunt intimum ejus, seu faciunt meditullium, et ibi ordinati sunt secundum patrias. In illo meditullio sunt Angli in medio; Hollandi ad meridiem et orientem; Germani ad septentrionem; Sueci ad occidentem et septentrionem; et Dani ad occidentem: sed in meditullio illo non sunt alii quam qui vitam charitatis ac ejus fidei vixerunt. Societates illorum ibi plures sunt. Circum illos sunt Reformati, qui non vitam fidei et charitatis degerunt: hi sunt qui sibi sicut caelos fecerunt. Sed alia omnium ordinatio est in caelo, et quoque in inferno. Quod Reformati meditullium ibi faciant, est quia, apud illos Verbum legitur, et Dominus etiam colitur, ex quo ibi maxima lux est, quae lux inde ut a centro propagatur in omnes peripherias, ac illustrat. Lux enim in qua sunt spiritus et angeli, procedit a Domino ut Sole, qui in sua essentia est Divinus Amor, et inde lux procedens in sua essentia est Divina Sapientia; inde est omne spirituale istius mundi. De Domino ut Sole in Mundo spirituali, et de Lucas et Calore ex eo, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno (116-140).