47、关于内在人和外在人。在基督教界，人们都知道人有一个内在和一个外在，或一个内在人和一个外在人；但很少有人知道两者各是何性质（1889，1940节）。内在人是属灵的，外在人是属世的（978，1015，4459，6309，9701-9708节）。属灵的内在人照天堂的形像形成，属世的外在人照世界的形像形成；因此，古人把人称为小世界或小宇宙（3628，4523，4524，6057，6314，9706，10156，10472节）。这意味着灵界和自然界在人里面是结合在一起的（6057，10472节）。这意味着人既能向上看天堂，也能向下看地狱（7601，7604，7607节）。他向上看时，处于天堂之光，并看见这光显示给他的东西；而向下看时，则处于尘世之光，并看见这光显示给他的东西（3167，10134节）。人里面有一个从灵界降至自然界的途径（3702，4042节）。
属灵的内在人和属世的外在人彼此完全不同（1999，2018，3691，4459节）。这种区别就像原因和结果之间的区别，又像在先之物与在后之物之间的区别；并且没有连续性（3691，4145，5146，5711，6275，6284，6299，6326，6465，8603，10076，10099，10181节）。因此，这种区别就像天堂和世界之间的区别，或属灵事物与属世事物之间的区别（4292，5032，5620，5639，6055节）。人的内层和外层不是连续的，而是照着层级被分开；每个层级都有一个清楚的边界（3691，4145，5114，6326，6465，8603，10099节）。人若不照着层级来领悟人的内层与外层的这些区别，不明白这些层级的性质，就无法理解人的内在和外在（5146，6465，10099，10181节）。较高层级的事物比较低层级的事物更完美（3405节）。人里面有对应于三层天堂的三个层级（4154节）。人里面的外层更远离神性，所以它们更模糊和笼统（6451节）。它们也相对杂乱无章（996，3855节）。内层更完美，因为它们更接受神性（5146，5147节）。内在里面有成千上万的事物，这些事物在外在里面显为一个总体事物（5707节）。所以思维和感知越内在，就越清晰（5920节）。由此可知，人应当处于内在（1175，4464节）。
对处于爱和仁的人来说，心智的内层实实在在被主提升；否则，它们就会向下看（6952，6954，10330节）。对人来说，来自天堂的流注和光照是主对内层的一种实际提升（7816，10330节）。当人将注意力转向属灵事物时，他就被提升了（9922节）。人从外在向内层被提升到何等程度，就进入光，因而进入聪明到何等程度；这就是从感官印象或事物中退出的意思，正如古人所说的（6183，6313节）。从外在被提升到内层，就像从迷雾进入光明（4598节）。
来自主的流注通过内在人进入外在人（1940，5119节）。内层流入外层，反过来不行；因此，流注是属灵的，而不是物质的，即从属灵人进入属世人，而不是从属世人进入属灵人（3219，5119，5259，5427，5428，5477，6322，9110节）。主从内在人，就是有平安的地方，治理外在人，就是有混乱的地方（5396a节）
内在能看见外在中的一切事物，但反过来不行（1914，1953，5427，5428，5477节）。当人活在这个世界上时，他外在中的思维来自他的内在；因此，他的属灵思维流入他的属世思维，并在那里以属世的形式呈现自身（3679节）。当人正确地思考时，这些思维正来自他的外在或属世人中的内在或属灵人（9704，9705，9707节）。外在人照着与内在人的结合而思考和意愿（9702，9703节）。有内在思维和外在思维；两者各自的性质（2515，2552，5127，5141，5168，6007节）。只要人活在这个世界上，他就感知不到内在人中的思维和情感，只感知到由此而来的外在人中的思维和情感（10236，10240节）。但在来世，外在被拿走，人被带入他自己的内在（8870节）。到那时，他的内在是何性质就变得显而易见了（1806，1807节）。
内在产生外在（994，995节）。然后，内在以诸如能使它在外在中产生其结果的那类事物为衣穿在自己身上（6275，6284，6299节）；它通过这些事物可以在外在中生活（1175，6275节）。当主使人重生时，祂便将内在人或属灵人与外在人或属世人结合起来（1577，1594，1904，1999节）。那时，外在人或属世人通过内在人或属灵人被纳入秩序，并且是从属的（9708节）。
外在必须从属并服从于内在（5077，5125，5128，5786，5947，10272节）。外在是如此被造的，它可以服务于内在（5947节）。内在必须是主人，外在是服侍者，在某种程度上甚至是奴仆（10471节）。
外在要对应于内在，以便两者能结合在一起（5427，5428节）。外在与内在相对应时，是何性质，不相对应时又是何性质（3493，5422，5423，5427，5428，5477，5512节）。外在人里面既有与内在人相对应和一致的事物，也有不相对应和不一致的事物（1563，1568节）。
外在从内在获得自己的性质（9912，9921，9922节）。外在人与内在人结合时，是何等美丽（1590节），不与之结合时，是何等丑陋（1598节）。对主之爱和对邻之仁将外在人与内在人结合在一起（1594节）。除非内在人与外在人结合，否则不会结出果实（3987节）。
内层依次流入外层，甚至流入最外层或最末层，它们在那里一起显现并持续存在（634，6239，9216节）。它们不仅分阶段流入，还一起在最末和最低层形成同步之物；以及按什么次序（5897，6451，8603，10099节）。一切内层从初至末都被保持在一个联系中（9828节）。这也给予最外层的事物以力量和能力（9836节）。因此，答复和启示通过最外层而来（9905，10548节）。这也是为何最外层比内层更神圣（9824节）。所以在圣言中，“首先和末后”表示每一个事物，因而表示整体或全部（10044，10329，10335节）。
内在人向处于神性秩序的人打开，向未处于神性秩序的人关闭（8513节）。没有内在人，就没有天堂与外在人的结合（9380节）。邪恶和邪恶之虚假关闭内在人，使人仅处于外在（1587，10492节）；尤其是源于自我之爱的邪恶（1594节）。若拒绝接受神性，内层甚至向感官层，也就是最末和最低层关闭（6564节）。对于世上基于科学知识确认反对天堂和教会真理的聪明和有学问的人来说，内层比简单人的关闭得更彻底（10492节）。
由于内在人处于天堂之光，外在人处于尘世之光，所以那些处于没有内在的外在，也就是内在关闭的人，并不关心天堂和教会的内在事物（4464，4946节）。在来世，他们根本不能承受内在事物（10694，10701，10707节）。他们什么都不信（10396，10400，10411，10429节）。他们爱自己和世界胜过一切（10407，10412，10420节）。他们的内层，或属于其思维和情感的事物是卑鄙、污秽和亵渎的，无论他们外在如何表现（1182，7046，9962节）。他们的思维观念是物质的，根本不是属灵的（10582节）。对那些其仰望天堂的内在关闭之人的进一步描述（4459，9709，10284，10286，10429，10472，10492，10602，10683节）。
属灵的内在越打开，真理和良善就越繁殖增多；属灵的内在越关闭，真理和良善就越消失（4099节）。教会存在于内在属灵人中，因为内在属灵人在天堂；教会不存在于没有内在的外在中（10698节）。因此，对人来说，外在教会若没有内在，就什么都不是（1795节）。没有内在敬拜的外在敬拜根本不是敬拜（1094，1175节）。关于那些处于教会、敬拜和圣言的内在之人；那些处于包含内在的外在之人；以及那些处于缺乏内在的外在之人（10683节）。没有内在的外在是刚硬的（9377，10429节）。
纯属世人若不通过重生变成属灵的，就在地狱（10156节）。凡处于没有内在的外在，或属灵的内在关闭的人，都在地狱（9128，10483，10489节）。
人的内层实实在在转向他的爱（10702节）。每一个事物里面必须有一个内在和一个外在，以便它能持续存在（9473节）。
在圣言中，“上”和“高”表示内在（1735，2148，4210，4599节）。所以在圣言中，更高是指更内在，更低是指更外在（3084节）。
47、关于人的内在和外在。基督教世界都知道人具有内在和外在，或者内在之人和外在之人。但很少有人知道它们任何一个的性质是什么 （1889，1940）。内在之人是属灵的，外在之人是属物质的 （978，1015，4459，6309，9701-9709）。属灵的内在之人是按照天堂的形象建造的，而物质的外在之人是按照人间的形象建造的。下面这些章节介绍了它们如何被建造，以及为何古人称人是小宇宙（3628，4523，4524，6057，6314，9706，10156，10472）。这意味着，在人里面属灵世界和物质世界是结合的（6057，10472）。所以人是这样的，他既能仰望天堂也能俯看人间（7601，7604，7607）。当他朝上看时，他在天堂的光中，并见到天堂事物。但是当他俯看时，他在人间之光中，并看见地上之事 （3167，10134）。对人而言，有一个通道从属灵世界通到物质世界（3702，4042）。
人的属灵内在和物质外在是完全不同的 （1999，2018，3691，4459）。这种区别就像因和果、先与后之间的差别，之间没有连续性 （3691，4154，5145，5146，5711，6275，6284，6299，6326，6465，8603，10076，10099，10181）。因此就像天堂和人间，或者心灵与物质之间的区别（4292，5032，5620，5639）。人的内在和外在是不连续的，它们具有清晰地等级划分，等级间有明确的界限 （3691，4145，5114，6326，6465，8603，10099）。不能察觉人的内在和外在具有清晰地等级划分之人，不明白那些等级的特性，也不能理解人的内在和外在 （5146，6465，10099，10181）。高等级事物比那些低等级事物更完美（3405）。相对应于三层天堂，人也具有三个层次 （4154）。
人的外在离神性更远，因此它们各自模糊不清，处于相对平庸 （6451），杂乱无序的状态 （996，3855）。 内在因为更接近神性而更显完美 （5146，5147）。人的内在包涵成千上万的事体，但其外观看上去就像一个整体 （5707）。因此，人的思考和观察越内在就越清晰 （5920）。 由此可知，人应该努力着眼较深层次 （1175，4464）。
处在爱和仁慈之中的人，心灵的内在被主真实地提升，否则他们将朝下看（6952，6954，10330）。 天堂的灵流和启迪是主对人内在的真实提升（7816，10330）。当人关注属灵事物时，他就被提升（9922）。只要人从外在向内在提升，他就进入光中，因而进入聪颖中。古人对此描述说：此人脱去了感官的缠累 （6183，6313）。从外在提升至内在就像是从迷雾进入光明（4598）。
主的流注是通过人的内在进入人的外在 （1940，5119）。内在能流入外在，反之却不行。因此流注是属灵的而不是物质的，即从属灵之人进入属世之人，不是从属世之人进入属灵之人（3219，5119，5259，5427，5428，5477，6322，9109，9110）。主从安宁的内在管理混乱的外在（5396）。
内在之人能看见外在的一切事物，但是相反却不行（1914，1953，5427，5428，5477）。当人活在人间，他通过内在思考外在，因而他的属灵思考流入他的物质层，在那里物质化地呈现自己 （3679）。当人正确地思考时，思考是从内在或灵性进入外在或物质（9704，9705，707）。人的外在如何思考和意向取决于他与内在的关系 （9702，9703）。下面几节讲述人有内在思考和外在思考，以及它们各自的特性（2515，2552，5127，5141，5168，6007）。只要人活在世上，就不能觉察内在的思考和感情，而只能觉察其导致的外在结果 （10236，10240）。但是，在来世脱去外在后，人就进入他自己的真实内在（8870）。然后他就可见到自己的内在特性 （1806，1807）。
内在产生外在（994，995）。因为内在置身于外在的壳中并驱使之发挥作用（6275，6284，6299，1175，6275）。当主赐人重生时，主让内在或属灵之人与外在或物质之人结合 （1577，1594，1904，1999）。外在或物质之人经由内在或属灵之人，被按秩序安放，并处于从属地位（9708）。
外在必须是从属的，并顺服于内在（5077，5125，5128，5786，5947，10272）。外在被造的目的就是为了能服务内在 （5947）。内在必须为主，外在是它的仆人，有时甚至是它的奴隶 （10471）。
外在应该与内在对应，以致可以结合（5427，5428，5477）。下面的章节讲述当外在与内在对应时，外在的特性如何；以及当外在与内在不对应时，外在的特性又如何（3493，5422，5423，5427，5428，5477，5511）。外在之人有些事物是与内在对应和一致的，有些事物是与外在不对应、不一致的（1563，1568）。
通过内在，外在获得它的品质 （9912，9921，9922）。当外在与内在结合时，人的外在是多么的美丽 （1590）。而当没有结合时，外在又是多么卑劣 （1598）。爱主和仁爱友邻使人的内在和外在结合（1594）。除非人的内在与外在结合，否则不结果实（3987）。
内在连续地流入外在，它们达到末端或顶点后存在和维系在一起（634，6239，9215，9216）。它们不仅逐步流向外在，且按照设计最后同步达到终端（最低层次）（5897，6451，8603，10099）。此中一切内在事物都依顺序先后结合 （9828），使得在终端的事物也保持强度和能力（9836）。其结果是，回应和启示发生在终端 （9905，10548）。因此终端也比内在更神圣 （9824）。所以，圣言中的“首先和末后”还表示所有和每个具体，因此是指整体（10044，10329，10335）。
遵循神性秩序的人，其内在是打开的；但是不遵循神性秩序的人，他的内在是关闭的 （8513）。没有内在的外在之人不能与天堂联通 （9380）。 邪恶及其谬误关闭了人的内在，于是只剩下了外在 （1587，10492），尤其是由爱自己而来的邪恶 （1594）。如果人拒绝接受来自天堂的流注，他的深层内在就关闭，甚至沉降到只剩下感官层次，就是最后或最低的层次 （6564）。基于人间的聪明和学识的人，根据自己所学坚定反对天堂和教会的事理，他们的内在比心思简单之人关闭的更为彻底 （10492）。
由于内在之人处在天堂的光中，外在之人处在人间之光中，因此只有外在而没有内在的人，即内在被关闭的人，不在意天堂和教会的深刻真理 （4464，4946）。在来世，他们完全不能领受内在事物 （10694，10701，10707）。他们什么都不信 （10396，10400，10411，10429）。他们爱自己和世界胜过一切（10407，10412，10420）。他们的内在，或者说属于他们的思想和情感的事物是邪恶、污秽和亵渎的，不管它们以何种样式展现于外在 （1182，7046，9705，9707）。他们思考的念头是物质的，丝毫没有灵性 （10582）。下面的章节进一步描述了，朝向天堂的内在关闭的那些人的特性（4459，9709，10284，10286，10429，10472，10492，10602，10683）。
随着属灵的内在越来越多的打开，人的真理和良善就会倍增。而随着属灵的内在日益被关闭，人的真理和良善就会消失（4099）。教会存在于内在属灵之人里面，因为那样就是在天堂里；不存在于没有内在的外在之人里 （10698）。因此，教会若不在人的内在生命里，外在之人即使沉缅于教会也无丝毫意义 （1795）。没有内在敬拜的外在敬拜不是敬拜（1094，1175）。 这里分别讨论了那些在教会、敬拜和圣言方面注目其内在意义的人，注目含有内在意义的外在特性的人，以及注目没有内在意义的外在特性的人（10683）。缺乏内在的外在是冷酷的（10683）。
仅属于物质之人是处在地狱中，除非他通过重生变的属灵 （10156）。一切仅有外在而没有内在的人，或者内在灵性关闭的人，都在地狱之中 （9128，10483，10489）。
事实上人的内在依其所爱转向 （10702）。万事万物都有内在和外在，以维持其存在（9473）。
圣言中的“上面”和“高处”表示内在（1725，2148，4210，4599）。因此，圣言中，较高的指的是内在的，而较低的意为外在的（3084）。
47. From Secrets of Heaven
On our inner and outer natures. While it is recognized in the Christian world 1that we have an inner level and an outer level or an inner self and an outer self, there is little knowledge of the nature of either: 1889, 1940. The inner self is spiritual and the outer self is earthly: 978, 1015, 4459, 6309, 9701-9708. An inner self that is spiritual is formed into an image of heaven, and an outer self that is earthly is formed into an image of this world-how this happens, and how it is the reason the ancients called the human being a microcosm: 3628, 4523, 4524, 6057, 6314, 9706, 10156, 10472. This means that the spiritual world and the earthly world are joined together in us: 6057, 10472. It means that we have the ability to look upward toward heaven and downward toward earth: 7601, 7604, 7607. When we look up we are in heaven's light and see what it shows us, while when we look down we are in the world's light and see what it shows us: 3167, 10134. In humankind a pathway has been created from the spiritual world into the earthly one: 3702, 4042.
[2] The inner self (which is spiritual) and the outer self (which is earthly) are completely distinct from each other: 1999, 2018, 3691, 4459. The distinction is like that between a cause and its effect and like that between what is prior and what is subsequent; it is not along a continuum: 3691, 4145, 5146, 5711, 6275, 6284, 6299, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10076, 10099, 10181. So the difference is like that between heaven and this world or between something spiritual and something earthly: 6055. Our inner and outer natures are not along a continuum but are separated on distinctly different levels that have well-defined boundaries: 3691, 4145, 5114, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10099. Anyone who does not perceive the distinctions between our inner and outer natures in keeping with their levels and who does not understand what the levels are like cannot comprehend our inner and outer selves: 5146, 6465, 10099, 10181. Things that are on a higher level are more perfect than things that are on a lower level: 3405. There are three levels in us that are in accord with the three heavens: 4154. The outer things in us are relatively remote from the Divine, so they are more obscure and general: 6451. They are also relatively disorganized: 996, 3855. Inner things are more perfect because they are closer to the Divine: 5146, 5147. There are thousands upon thousands of things in our inner self that appear as one general thing in the outer self: 5707. So the more inward our thinking and perception are, the clearer they are: 5920. It follows then that we should concentrate on what lies in the deeper levels: 1175, 4464.
[3] When we are focused on love and caring, the deeper levels of our mind are actually raised up by the Lord. Otherwise they would face downward: 6952, 6954, 10330. When our inner natures are actively raised up by the Lord, the result is an inflow and enlightenment for us out of heaven: 7816, 10330. When we turn our attention to spiritual matters we are raised up: 9922. To the extent that we are raised up from outward concerns toward inward ones we come into the light and therefore into intelligence; or as the ancients used to say, this happens when the mind withdraws from sense impressions: 6183, 6313. Being raised up from outward to inward concerns is like being lifted out of a fog into the light: 4598.
[4] The inflow from the Lord comes through our inner self into our outer self: 1940, 5119. There can be an inflow from our inner self into our outer self, because inflow is spiritual, not physical-that is, there can be a flow from the spiritual self into the earthly self but not from the earthly self into the spiritual self: 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427, 5428, 5477, 6322, 9110. From the inner realm, where it is peaceful, the Lord governs the outer realm, where it is chaotic: 5396a.
[5] The inner self can see everything in the outer self, but not the reverse: 1914, 1953, 5427, 5428, 5477. While we are living in this world, the thinking in our outer self comes from our inner self; our spiritual thinking flows into our earthly thinking and presents itself in earthly forms: 3679. When we are thinking well, those thoughts are coming from our inner or spiritual self into our outer or earthly self: 9704, 9705, 9707. How the outer self thinks and intends depends on its relationship with the inner self: 9702, 9703.
There is inner thinking and there is outer thinking: 2515, 2552, 5127, 5141, 5168, 6007 (which include information about what each type of thinking is like). As long as we are living in this world we do not perceive the thinking and feeling that are going on in our inner self; we perceive only the thinking and feeling that result from this in our outer self: 10236, 10240. In the other life, though, our outer layer is stripped away and we are brought into our true inner nature: 8870. We can then see what inner things are like: 1806, 1807.
[6] Our inner self produces our outer self: 994, 995. The inner self then clothes itself in whatever enables it get results in the outer self (6275, 6284, 6299) and to live in the outer self (1175, 6275). When the Lord regenerates us, he joins our inner or spiritual self to our outer or earthly self: 1577, 1594, 1904, 1999. The outer or earthly self is then put in its rightful place by means of the inner or spiritual self and becomes subservient: 9708.
[7] The outer self needs to be subservient and subject to the inner self: 5077, 5125, 5128, 5786, 5947, 10272. The outer self was designed and created to serve the inner self: 5947. The inner self must be the master and the outer self a servant and in a certain respect even a slave: 10471.
[8] The outer self needs to correspond to the inner in order for the two to be joined together: 5427, 5428. What the outer self is like when it corresponds to the inner self and what it is like when it does not: 3493, 5422, 5423, 5427, 5428, 5477, 5512. There are things in the outer self that correspond to and stand in harmony with the inner, and there are things that do not correspond or stand in harmony: 1563, 1568.
[9] The outer self derives its nature from the inner: 9912, 9921, 9922. How great the beauty of the outer self is when it is joined to the inner self (1590) and how ugly it is when it is not (1598). Love for the Lord and caring about our neighbor join the outer self to the inner: 1594. Unless the inner self is joined to the outer there is no fruitfulness: 3987.
[10] Things that are deep within flow down into more outward levels by stages until finally they flow into the outermost or last, which is where they become manifest together and persist: 634, 6239, 9216. They not only flow in by stages, they also all come together on the last [and lowest] level in accord with the design: 5897, 6451, 8603, 10099. All that lies within is held in a connection from first to last: 9828. This also gives things that are on the outermost level strength and power: 9836. The result is that answers and revelations come through the outermost level: 9905, 10548. This is also why the outermost level is more holy than the inner levels: 9824. So in the Word, "the First and the Last" means every single thing and therefore all there is: 10044, 10329, 10335.
[11] The inner self is open when we are in accord with the divine design and closed when we are not in accord with the divine design: 8513. Without the inner self, heaven has no way of being joined to the outer self: 9380. Both evils and the falsities that come from them close the inner self and limit us to the outermost level (1587, 10492); especially evils that result from self-love (1594). If we refuse to receive what flows in from the Divine, our deeper levels are closed until we are reduced to the sensory level, which is the last [and lowest]: 6564. In the intelligent and learned of this world who take stances against the truths of heaven and the church on the basis of facts they have learned, the inner level is more completely closed than it is for similarly minded simple people: 10492.
[12] Since the inner self is in heaven's light and the outer is in this world's light, if we are focused on the outer to the exclusion of the inner (that is, if our inner self is closed) we have no appetite for profound truths about heaven and the church: 4464, 4946. In that case, in the other life we cannot bear things of an internal nature: 10694, 10701, 10707. We do not believe anything: 10396, 10400, 10411, 10429. We love ourselves and the world more than anything else: 10407, 10412, 10420. No matter how we may seem outwardly, our deeper levels-the processes of our thinking and feeling-are ugly, foul, and profane: 1182, 7046, 9962. Our ideas and thinking are materialistic and not in the least spiritual: 10582. What we are like when our inner level, which faces heaven, is closed: 4459, 9709, 10284, 10286, 10429, 10472, 10492, 10602, 10683.
[13] As our inner, spiritual self is more and more opened, the kinds of goodness and truth we have multiply; as our inner, spiritual self is more and more closed, the kinds of goodness and truth we have disappear: 4099. The church exists in our inner, spiritual self because that self is in heaven; it does not exist in our outer self apart from the inner: 10698. Therefore if we do not have the church in our internal life, having the trappings of it in our external life does nothing for us: 1795. Outward worship apart from inner worship is no worship at all: 1094, 1175. About people who are focused on the inner aspects of the church, worship, and the Word; people who are focused on outward aspects that contain the inner; and people who are focused on outward aspects that lack the inner: 10683. When the inner aspects are lacking, the outward aspects take on a hardness: 9377, 10429.
[14] Merely earthly people are an embodiment of hell unless they become spiritual by means of regeneration: 10156. Everyone who is absorbed in the outer level apart from anything inner, or anyone whose inner, spiritual self is closed, is in hell: 9128, 10483, 10489.
[15] Our inner selves turn actively toward the things we love: 10702. Absolutely everything must have both an inner level and an outer level if it is to exist at all: 9473.
[16] In the Word, "lofty and high" means inner: 1735, 2148, 4210, 4599. So in the Word, "higher" means more inward and "lower" means more outward: 3084.
Footnotes:
1. The reference to the recognition of the concept of inner and outer selves "in the Christian world" may point to such passages in the Epistles as Romans 7:22-23; 2 Corinthians 4:16. Jesus also refers metaphorically to the inner and outer self in Matthew 23:25-28; Luke 11:37-41. [SS]
47. Not translated.
47. FROM THE HEAVENLY ARCANA.
The Internal and the External with man. It is known in the Christian world, that man has an Internal and an External, that is, an internal and an external man; but little is known of the quality of either, Arcana Coelestia 1889, 1940. The internal man is spiritual, and the external is natural, Arcana Coelestia 978, 1015, 4459, 6309, 9701-9709. How the internal man which is spiritual, is formed according to the image of heaven; and the external man which is natural, according to the image of the world; wherefore, man was called by the Ancients a microcosm, Arcana Coelestia 3628, 4523, 4524, 6057, 6314, 9706, 10156, 10472. The spiritual and natural worlds, therefore, are conjoined in man, Arcana Coelestia 6057, 10472. Man, consequently, is of such a quality, that he is able to look upwards towards heaven, and downwards towards the world, Arcana Coelestia 7601, 7604, 7607. When he looks upwards, he is in the light of heaven and sees from it; but when he looks downwards, he is in the light of the world and sees from it, Arcana Coelestia 3167, 10134. With man there is a descent from the spiritual world into the natural, Arcana Coelestia 3702, 4042.
The internal man which is spiritual, and the external man which is natural, are altogether distinct, Arcana Coelestia 1999, 2018, 3691, 4459. The distinction is as between cause and effect, and between what comes first (prior) and afterwards (posterior), and there is no continuity, Arcana Coelestia 3691, 5145, 5146, 5711, 6275, 6284, 6299, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10076, 10099, 10181. The distinction, consequently, is as between heaven and the world, or between the Spiritual and the Natural, Arcana Coelestia 4524, 5128, 5639. The interiors and exteriors of man are not continuous, but distinct according to degrees, and each degree is bounded, Arcana Coelestia 3691, 4145, 5114, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10099. Whoever does not perceive the distinctions, according to degrees, of man's interiors and exteriors, and who does not understand the quality of these degrees, cannot comprehend man's Internal and External, Arcana Coelestia 5146, 6465, 10099, 10181. The things which are in a higher degree are more perfect than those which are in a lower, Arcana Coelestia 3405. There are in man three degrees according to the three heavens, Arcana Coelestia 4154. The exteriors with man are more remote from the Divine, and therefore are respectively obscure; they are also general, Arcana Coelestia 6451; comparatively they are also without order, Arcana Coelestia 996, 3855. The interiors are more perfect, because nearer to the Divine, Arcana Coelestia 5146, 5147. In the Internal there are thousands and thousands of things, which in the External appear as one general thing, Arcana Coelestia 5707. Therefore thought and perception are the clearer as they are more interior, Arcana Coelestia 5920. From this, it follows that a man ought to be in internal things, Arcana Coelestia 1175, 4464.
With the man who is in love and charity, the interiors of the mind are actually elevated by the Lord, otherwise they would look downwards, Arcana Coelestia 6952, 6954, 10330. Influx and enlightenment out of heaven with man consist in an actual elevation of the interiors by the Lord, Arcana Coelestia 7816, 10330. Man is elevated when he rises towards spiritual things, Arcana Coelestia 9922. In proportion as a man is elevated from external towards interior things, he comes into light, and thus into intelligence; and this is meant by his being withdrawn from sensual things, as it was called by the ancients, Arcana Coelestia 6183, 6313. Elevation from the External towards interior things, is as from fog into light, Arcana Coelestia 4598.
Influx from the Lord is through the internal into the external man, Arcana Coelestia 1940, 5119. Interior things can flow into exterior, but not conversely; wherefore, there is a spiritual, and not a physical, influx, that is, an influx from the spiritual man into the natural, and not from the natural into the spiritual, Arcana Coelestia 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427, 5428, 5477, 6322, 9110. From the Internal, in which is peace, the Lord governs the External, in which is unrest, Arcana Coelestia 5396.
The Internal can see all things in the External, but not conversely, Arcana Coelestia 1914, 1953, 5427, 5428, 5477. When man lives in the world, he thinks from the Internal in the External, wherefore, his spiritual thought flows into natural thought, and in it presents itself naturally, Arcana Coelestia 3679. When a man thinks correctly, his thought is from the Internal or Spiritual in the External or Natural, Arcana Coelestia 9704, 9705, 9707. The external man thinks and wills according to its conjunction with the internal man, Arcana Coelestia 9702, 9703. There are interior and exterior thought; the quality of both, Arcana Coelestia 2515, 2552, 5127, 5141, 5168, 6007. During a man's life in the world, the thought and affection which are in the Internal are not perceived by him, but only those which are from it in the External, Arcana Coelestia 10236, 10240. In the other life, however, external things are removed, and the man is then let into his internals, Arcana Coelestia 8870. The quality of his internals then becomes manifest, Arcana Coelestia 1806, 1807.
The Internal produces the External, Arcana Coelestia 994, 995. The Internal then clothes itself with such things as enable it to produce an effect in the External, Arcana Coelestia 6275, 6284, 6299; through which it is then enabled to live in the External, Arcana Coelestia 1175, 6275. The Lord conjoins the internal or spiritual man to the external or natural man, when He regenerates the latter, Arcana Coelestia 1577, 1594, 1904, 1999. The external or natural man is then brought into order through the internal or spiritual man, and is subordinated, Arcana Coelestia 9708.
The External must be subordinated and subjected to the Internal, Arcana Coelestia 5077, 5125, 5128, 5786, 5947, 10272. The External was so created, as to serve the Internal, Arcana Coelestia 5947. The Internal must be the lord, and the External the minister and, in a certain respect, the servant, Arcana Coelestia 10471.
The External ought to be in correspondence with the Internal, that there may be conjunction, Arcana Coelestia 5427, 5428, 5477. What the quality of the External is when it corresponds with the Internal, and what when it does not correspond, Arcana Coelestia 3493, 5422, 5423, 5427, 5428, 5477, 5511. In the external man there are such things as correspond and agree with the internal, and there are such things as do not correspond and agree, Arcana Coelestia 1563, 1568.
The External takes its quality from the Internal, Arcana Coelestia 9912, 9921, 9922. How great the beauty of the external man is, when it is conjoined with the internal man, Arcana Coelestia 1590; and how great its deformity when it is not conjoined, Arcana Coelestia 1598. Love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour conjoin the external man with the internal, Arcana Coelestia 1594. Unless the internal man is conjoined with the external man there is no fructification, Arcana Coelestia 3987.
Interior things successively flow into exterior things, even into the Outermost or Last, and in it they exist and subsist together, Arcana Coelestia 634, 6239, 9216. They not only flow in successively, but in the Ultimate they also form the Simultaneous; in what order, Arcana Coelestia 5897, 6451, 8603, 10099. All interior things are held together in connection by the First through the Last, Arcana Coelestia 9828. From this also there is strength and power in last or ultimate things, Arcana Coelestia 9836. Wherefore replies and revelations took place from the last or ultimate things, Arcana Coelestia 9905, 10548. Hence also the Ultimate or Last is more holy than the interior things, Arcana Coelestia 9824. In the Word, therefore, by the First and the Last are signified each and all things, and thus the whole, Arcana Coelestia 10044, 10329, 10335.
The internal man has been opened with him who is in Divine order, but closed with him who is not in Divine order, Arcana Coelestia 8513. There is no conjunction of heaven with the external man apart from the internal, Arcana Coelestia 9380. Evils and the falsities of evil close the internal man, and cause man to be only in external things, Arcana Coelestia 1587, 10492; especially evils from the love of self, Arcana Coelestia 1594. If the Divine is denied, the interiors are closed even to the Sensual which is the last or ultimate, Arcana Coelestia 6564. With the intelligent and learned of the world, who confirm themselves from the sciences against the things belonging to Heaven and the Church, the Internal is closed more than with such as are simple-minded, Arcana Coelestia 10492.
Since the internal man is in the light of heaven, and the external in the light of the world, therefore those who are in an External without an Internal, that is, those with whom the Internal has been closed, do not care for the internal things which belong to Heaven and the Church, Arcana Coelestia 4464, 4946. In the other life they cannot at all endure internal things, Arcana Coelestia 10694, 10701, 10707. They do not believe anything, Arcana Coelestia 10396, 10400, 10411, 10429. They love themselves and the world above all things, Arcana Coelestia 10407, 10412, 10420. Their interior things, that is, those which belong to thought and affection, are vile, filthy, and profane, however they may appear in externals, Arcana Coelestia 1182, 7046, 9705, 9707. The ideas of their thought are material, and not at all spiritual, Arcana Coelestia 10582. Further, how those are with whom the Internal which has respect to heaven has been closed, Arcana Coelestia 4459, 9709, 10284, 10286, 10429, 10472, 10492, 10602, 10683.
So far as the Internal, which is spiritual, is opened, so far truths and goods are multiplied; and so far as the Internal, which is spiritual, is closed, so far truths and goods disappear, Arcana Coelestia 4099. The Church is in the internal, spiritual man, because this is in heaven; and not in the external without it, Arcana Coelestia 10698. the external Church, consequently, is nothing with a man, apart from the internal Church, Arcana Coelestia 1795. External worship apart from internal worship is not worship, Arcana Coelestia 1094, 1175. Concerning those who are in the Internal of the Church, of worship, and of the Word; concerning those who are in an External in which is all Internal; and concerning those who are in an External apart from any Internal, Arcana Coelestia 10683. The External apart from the Internal is hard, Arcana Coelestia 10602.
The merely natural man is in hell, unless he becomes spiritual through regeneration, Arcana Coelestia 10156. All those who are in an External apart from an Internal, that is, with whom the spiritual Internal has been closed, are in hell, Arcana Coelestia 9128, 10483, 10489.
The interiors of a man are actually turned in accordance with his loves, Arcana Coelestia 10702. In each and all things there ought to be an Internal and all External, in order that they may subsist, Arcana Coelestia 9473.
Above and high, in the Word, signifies what is internal, Arcana Coelestia 1735, 2148, 4210, 4599. In the Word, consequently, what is high signifies what is interior, and what is low, what is exterior, Arcana Coelestia 3084.
47. FROM THE ARCANA COELESTIA.
Of the internal and the external with man.
It is known in the Christian world, that man has an internal and an external, or an internal man and an external man; but it is little known what is the quality of the one and of the other (n. 1889, 1940). The internal man is spiritual, and the external is natural (n. 978, 1015, 4459, 6309,9701-9709). How the internal man which is spiritual is formed to the image of heaven; and the external which is natural to the image of the world; and man was therefore called by the ancients a microcosm (n. 3628, 4523, 4524, 6057, 6314, 9706, 10156, 10472). Thus in man the spiritual world and natural world are conjoined (n. 6057, 10472). Thence man is such that he can look up towards heaven, and down towards the world (n. 7601, 7604, 7607). When he looks upwards, he is in the light of heaven and sees thence; but when he looks downwards, he is in the light of the world and sees thence (n. 3167, 10134). There is given with man a descent from the spiritual world into the natural (n. 3702, 4042).
The internal man which is spiritual, and the external man which is natural, are altogether distinct (n. 1999, 2018, 3691, 4459). The distinction is such as exists between cause and effect, and between prior and posterior, and there is no continuity (n. 3691, 4154, 5145, 5146, 5711, 6275, 6284, 6299, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10076, 10099, 10181). Consequently that the distinction is like that between heaven and the world, or between the spiritual and the natural (n. 4292, 5032, 5620, 5639). The interiors and exteriors of man are not continuous, but distinct according to degrees, and each degree is terminated (n. 3691, 4145, 5114, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10099). He who does not perceive the distinctions of the interiors and the exteriors of man according to degrees, and does not understand the quality of those degrees, cannot comprehend the internal and the external of man (n. 5146, 6465, 10099, 10181). The things of a higher degree are more perfect than those of a lower degree (n. 3405). There are three degrees in man answering to the three heavens (n. 4154).
The exteriors are more remote from the Divine with man, and therefore they are respectively obscure, and of a general nature (n. 6451). And they are also respectively not in order (n. 996, 3855). The interiors are more perfect, because nearer to the Divine (n. 5146, 5147). In the internal there are thousands and thousands of things, which in the external appear as one general thing (n. 5707). Thence thought and perception is clearer in proportion as it is interior (n. 5920). Hence it follows that man ought to be in internals (n. 1175, 4464).
The interiors of the mind, with the man who is in love and charity, are actually elevated by the Lord, and otherwise they would look downwards (n. 6952, 6954, 10330). Influx and enlightenment from heaven with man, is an actual elevation of the interiors by the Lord (n. 7816, 10330). Man is elevated when he advances to spiritual things (n. 9922). As far as man is elevated from externals towards interiors, so far he comes into light, consequently into intelligence; and this is what is meant by being withdrawn from sensual things, according to the saying of the ancients (n. 6183, 6313). Elevation from the external to the interiors, is like that from mist into light (n. 4598).
Influx from the Lord is through the internal man into the external (n. 1940, 5119). Interiors can flow into exteriors, but not the contrary; consequently that influx is spiritual and not physical, namely, from the spiritual man into the natural, and not from the natural man into the spiritual (n. 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427, 5428, 5477, 6322, 9109, 9110). The Lord from the internal, where there is peace, governs the external, where there is turbulence (n. 5396).
The internal can see all things in the external, but not the reverse (n. 1914, 1953, 5427, 5428, 5477). When man lives in the world, he thinks from the internal in the external, consequently his spiritual thought flows into his natural, and there presents itself naturally (n. 3679). When man thinks well, it is from the internal or spiritual in the external or natural (n. 9704, 9705, 9707). The external man thinks and wills according to conjunction with the internal (n. 9702, 9703). There is an interior and an exterior thought; the quality of the one and the other (n. 2515, 2552, 5127, 5141, 5168, 6007). The thought and affection in the internal is not perceived by man during his life in the world, but only that which is in the external therefrom (n. 10236, 10240). But in the other life externals are taken away, and man is then let into his own internals (n. 8870). It then becomes manifest what is the quality of his internals (n. 1806, 1807).
The internal produces the external (n. 994, 995). And the internal then invests itself with such things as enable it to produce its effects in the external (n. 6275, 6284, 6299); and by which it may live in the external (n. 1175, 6275). The Lord conjoins the internal or spiritual man to the external or natural man, when He regenerates him (n. 1577, 1594, 1904, 1999). The external or natural man is then reduced into order through the internal or spiritual man, and is subordinated (n. 9708).
The external must be subordinate and subject to the internal (n. 5077, 5125, 5128, 5786, 5947, 10272). The external is so created, that it may serve the internal (n. 5947). The internal must be lord, and the external its minister, and in a certain respect its servant (n. 10471).
The external ought to be in correspondence with the internal, that there may be conjunction (n. 5427, 5428, 5477). What the quality of the external is when it corresponds with the internal, and what when it does not correspond (n. 3493, 5422, 5423, 5427, 5428, 5477, 5511). In the external man there are things which correspond and agree with the internal, and there are things which do not correspond and agree (n. 1563, 1568).
The external has its quality from the internal (n. 9912, 9921, 9922). How great the beauty of the external man is, when it is conjoined with the internal (n. 1590). And how great its foulness when not conjoined (n. 1598). Love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbor conjoin the external man with the internal (n. 1594). Unless the internal man be conjoined with the external, there is no fructification (n. 3987).
The interiors successively flow into the exteriors, even into the extreme or ultimate, and they there exist and subsist together (n. 634, 6239, 9215, 9216). They not only flow in successively, but also form in the ultimate what is simultaneous, in what order (n. 5897, 6451, 8603, 10099). All the interiors are held in connection from the first, through the ultimate (n. 9828). Thence also in the ultimates are strength and power (n. 9836). And therefore responses and revelations were made from the ultimates (n. 9905, 10548). Thence also the ultimate is more holy than the interiors (n. 9824). Hence also in the Word, "first and last" signify all and every particular, thus the whole (n. 10044, 10329, 10335).
The internal man is open to him who is in Divine order, but shut to him who is not in Divine order (n. 8513). There is no conjunction of heaven with the external man without the internal (n. 9380). Evils and the falsities of evil shut the internal man, and cause man to be only in externals (n. 1587, 10492). Especially evils from the love of self (n. 1594). The interiors are shut even to the sensual, which is the ultimate, if the Divine is denied (n. 6564). With the intelligent and learned of the world, who from the sciences confirm themselves against the things of heaven and the church, the internal is shut more than with the simple (n. 10492).
Because the internal man is in the light of heaven, and the external in the light of the world, therefore they who are in the external without the internal, that is, they with whom the internal is shut, do not care for the internal things of heaven and the church (n. 4464, 4946). In the other life they cannot at all endure internal things (n. 10694, 10701, 10707). They believe nothing (n. 10396, 10400, 10411, 10429). They love themselves and the world above all things (n. 10407, 10412, 10420). Their interiors, or the things which are of their thought and affection, are vile, filthy, and profane, howsoever they may appear in externals (n. 1182, 7046, 9705, 9707). The ideas of their thought are material, and not at all spiritual (n. 10582). The quality further described of those whose internal that looks heavenward is shut (n. 4459, 9709, 10284, 10286, 10429, 10472, 10492, 10602, 10683).
So far as the internal, which is spiritual, is opened, so far truths and goods are multiplied; and so far as the internal, which is spiritual, is shut, so far truths and goods vanish (n. 4099). The church is in the internal spiritual man, because that is in heaven, and not in the external without it (n. 10698). Hence the external church with man is nothing without the internal (n. 1795). External worship without internal worship is no worship (n. 1094, 1175). Concerning those who are in the internal of the church, of worship, and of the Word; of those who are in the external in which is the internal; and of those who are in the external without the internal (n. 10683). The external without the internal is hard (n. 10683).
The merely natural man is in hell, unless he be made spiritual by regeneration (n. 10156). All who are in the external without the internal, or with whom the spiritual internal is shut, are in hell (n. 9128, 10483, 10489).
The interiors of man are actually turned according to his loves (n. 10702). In each and all things there must be an internal and an external that they may subsist (n. 9473).
"Above" and "high" in the Word, signifies the internal (n. 1725, 2148, 4210, 4599). Thence in the Word higher is interior, and lower is exterior (n. 3084).
47. (EX ARCANIS CAELESTIBUS)
De Interno et Externo apud hominem.
Quod in Christiano orbe sciatur quod sit homini internum et externum, seu homo internus et externus, sed quod parum sciatur qualis unus et alter (Arcana Coelestia 1889, 1940).
Quod internus homo sit spiritualis, et quod externus sit naturalis (Arcana Coelestia 978, 1015, 4459, 6309, 9701-9708, [9709?],).
Quod internus homo qui spiritualis formatus sit ad imaginem caeli, et externus qui naturalis ad imaginem mundi, quomodo; et quod homo ideo ab antiquis dictus sit microcosmus (Arcana Coelestia 3628, 4523, 4524, 6057, 6314, 9706, 10156, 10472).
Sic quod in homine conjunctus sit mundus spiritualis et mundus naturalis (Arcana Coelestia 6057, 10472).
Quod inde homo talis sit ut spectare possit sursum versus caelum, et deorsum versus mundum (Arcana Coelestia 7601, 7604, 7607).
Cum spectat sursum, quod in luce caeli sit et inde videat; cum autem spectat deorsum, quod in luce mundi sit et inde videat (Arcana Coelestia 3167, 10134).
Quod apud hominem detur descensus e mundo spirituali in naturalem (Arcana Coelestia 3702, 4042).
Quod internus homo qui spiritualis, et externus homo qui naturalis, prorsus distincti sint (Arcana Coelestia 1999, 2018, 3691, 4459).
Quod distinctio sit qualis inter causam et effectum, et qualis inter prius et posterius, et quod non sit continuum (Arcana Coelestia 3691, 4145 (4154, 5145?) Arcana Coelestia 5146, 5711, 6275, 6284, 6299, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10076, 10099, 10181).
Proinde quod distinctio sit sicut inter caelum et mundum, aut inter spirituale et naturale (Arcana Coelestia 4292, 5132, [5032?], 8610 (5620, 5639).
Quod interiora et exteriora hominis non continua sint, sed secundum gradus distincta, et quilibet gradus terminatus (Arcana Coelestia 3691, 4154, 5114, 6326, 6465, 8603, 10099).
Qui non percipit distinctiones interiorum et exteriorum hominis secundum gradus, et qui non intelligit quales sunt gradus, quod non capere possit internum et externum hominis (Arcana Coelestia 5146, 6465, 10099, 10181).
Quod illa quae in superiori gradu sunt, perfectiora sint illis quae in inferiori (Arcana Coelestia 3405).
Quod tres gradus secundum tres caelos in homine sint (Arcana Coelestia 4154).
Quod exteriora remotiora sint a Divino apud hominem, quare obscura respective; et quod sint communia (Arcana Coelestia 6451); et quoque inordinata respective (Arcana Coelestia 996, 3855).
Quod interiora sint perfectiora, quia propiora Divino (Arcana Coelestia 5146, 5147).
Quod in interno millia et millia sint, quae in externo apparent ut commune unum (Arcana Coelestia 5707).
Quod inde cogitatio et perceptio quo interior eo clarior (Arcana Coelestia 5920).
Quod inde sequatur quod homo in internis debeat esse (Arcana Coelestia 1175, 4464).
Quod interiora quae mentis sunt, apud hominem qui in amore et charitate est, actualiter eleventur a Domino, et quod alioqui spectarent deorsum (Arcana Coelestia 6952, 6954, 10330).
Quod influxus et illustratio e caelo apud hominem, sit actualis elevatio interiorum a Domino (Arcana Coelestia 7816, 10330).
Quod homo elevetur cum ad spiritualia (Arcana Coelestia 2922, [9922?],).
Quod quantum homo ab externis elevatur versus interiora, tantum in lucem, ita in intelligentiam, veniat; et quod hoc sit abduci a sensualibus, sicut ab antiquis dictum est (Arcana Coelestia 6183, 6313).
Quod elevatio ab externo ad interiora sit sicut e nimbo in lucem (n.4958, [4598?],).
Quod influxus a Domino sit per internum hominem in externum (Arcana Coelestia 1940, 5119).
Quod interiora influere possint in exteriora, et non vicissim; ita quod sit influxus spiritualis et non physicus; nempe, e spirituali homine in naturalem, et non e naturali in spiritualem (Arcana Coelestia 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427, 5428, 5477, 6322, 9110, [9109?], 9111, [9110?],).
Quod Dominus ab interno, ubi pacificum, regat externum, ubi tumultuosum (Arcana Coelestia 5396).
Quod internum videre possit omnia in externo, sed non vicissim (Arcana Coelestia 1914, 1953, 5427, 5428, 5477).
Cum homo vivit in mundo, quod ab interno cogitet in externo; ita quod spiritualis naturalem, ac ibi se sistat natu e cogitat, quod sit ab interno seu spirituali in externo seu naturali (Arcana Coelestia 9704, 9705, 9707).
Quod homo externus cogitet et velit secundum conjunctionem cum interno (Arcana Coelestia 9702, 9703).
Quod sit interior cogitatio et exterior; qualis una et altera (Arcana Coelestia 2515, 2552, 5127, 5141, 5168, 6007).
Quod non percipiatur ab homine, dum in mundo vivit, cogitatio et affectio quae in interno, sed quae in externo inde (Arcana Coelestia 10236, 10240).
At quod in altera vita auferantur externa, et homo tunc immittatur in sua interna (Arcana Coelestia 8870).
Quod tunc pateat qualia interna sunt (Arcana Coelestia 1806, 1807).
Quod internum producat externum (Arcana Coelestia 994, 995).
Et quod internum tunc induat se talibus per quae agere possit effectum in externo (Arcana Coelestia 6275, 6284, 6299): et per quae tunc vivere possit in externo (Arcana Coelestia 1175, 6275).
Quod Dominus conjungat internum seu spiritualem hominem externo seu naturali, cum regenerat illum (Arcana Coelestia 1577, 1594, 1904, 1999).
Quod externus seu naturalis homo tunc redigatur in ordinem per internum seu spiritualem, et quod subordinetur (Arcana Coelestia 9708).
Quod externum erit subordinatum et subjectum interno (Arcana Coelestia 5077, 5125, 5128, 5786, 5947, 10272).
Quod externum ita creatum sit ut serviat interno (Arcana Coelestia 5947).
Quod internum erit dominus, et externum minister, et in certo respectu servus (Arcana Coelestia 10471).
Quod externum in correspondentia esse debeat cum interno, ut sit conjunctio (Arcana Coelestia 5427, 5428, 5477).
Quale externum est cum correspondet interno, et quale cum non correspondet (Arcana Coelestia 3493, 5422, 5423, 5427, 5428, 5477, 5512, [5511?],). Quod in externo homine sint quae correspondent et concordant cum interno, et quod sint quae non correspondent et concordant (Arcana Coelestia 1563, 1568).
Quod externum suum quale habeat ab interno (Arcana Coelestia 9912, 9921, 9922).
Quanta pulchritudo externi hominis est cum is conjunctus est cum interno (Arcana Coelestia 1590).
Et quanta turpitudo cum non conjunctus (Arcana Coelestia 1598).
Quod amor in Dominum et charitas erga proximum conjungant externum hominem interno (Arcana Coelestia 1594).
Nisi internus homo conjunctus sit cum externo, quod nulla fructificatio (Arcana Coelestia 3987).
Quod interiora successive influant in exteriora, usque in extremum seu ultimum, et quod ibi simul existant et subsistant (Arcana Coelestia 634, 6239, 9216, [9215?], 9217, [9216?],).
Quod non modo successive influant, sed etiam forment in ultimo simultaneum; quo ordine (Arcana Coelestia 5897, 6451, 8603, 10099).
Quod omnia interiora contineantur in nexu a primo per ultimum (n.98).
Quod etiam inde in ultimis sit robur et potentia (Arcana Coelestia 9836).
Tum quod ideo ex ultimis responsa et revelata (Arcana Coelestia 9905, 10548).
Quod inde etiam ultimum prae interioribus sanctum (Arcana Coelestia 9824).
Quod inde in Verbo "primum et ultimum " significent omnia et singula, ita totum (Arcana Coelestia 10044, 10329, 10335).
Quod internus homo apertus sit ei qui in ordine Divino est, at clausus ei qui non in ordine Divino est (Arcana Coelestia 8513).
Quod non sit conjunctio caeli cum externo homine absque interno (Arcana Coelestia 9380).
Quod mala et mali falsa claudant internum hominem, ac faciant ut homo solum in externis sit (Arcana Coelestia 1587, 10492): imprimis mala ex amore sui (Arcana Coelestia 1594).
Quod interiora claudantur usque ad sensuale quod ultimum est, si Divinum negatur (Arcana Coelestia 6564).
Quod internum apud intelligentes et doctos mundi, qui ex scientiis se confirmant contra illa quae caeli et ecclesiae sunt, plus claudatur quam apud simplices tales (Arcana Coelestia 10492).
Quia internus homo in luce caeli est, et externus in luce mundi, quod ideo qui in externo sunt absque interno, hoc est, apud quos clausum est internum, non curent interna quae caeli et ecclesiae sunt (Arcana Coelestia 4464, 4946).
Quod in altera vita ne quidem sustineant interna (Arcana Coelestia 10694, 10701, 10707).
Quod nihil credant (Arcana Coelestia 10396, 10400, 10411, 10429).
Quod se et mundum super omnia ament (Arcana Coelestia 10407, 10412, 10422 (1042).
Quod interiora eorum, seu quae cogitationis et affectionis sunt, turpia, spurca, et profana sint, utcunque apparent in externis (Arcana Coelestia 1182, 7046, 9705, 9707).
Quod ideae cogitationis eorum materiales sint, et prorsus non spirituales (Arcana Coelestia 10582).
Porro, quales sunt apud quos internum, quod spectat caelum, clausum est (Arcana Coelestia 4459, 9709, 10284, 10286, 10429, 10472, 10492, 10602, 10682 (1068).
Quod quantum aperitur internum quod spirituale, tantum multiplicentur vera et bona; et quod quantum clauditur internum quod spirituale, tantum vera et bona evanescant (Arcana Coelestia 4099).
Quod ecclesia sit in interno spirituali homine, quia is in caelo est, et non in externo absque illo (Arcana Coelestia 10698).
Inde quod ecclesia externa apud hominem nihil sit absque interna (Arcana Coelestia 1795).
Quod cultus externus absque cultu interno sit nullus cultus (Arcana Coelestia 1094, 1175).
De illis qui in interno ecclesiae, cultus, et Verbi sunt, de illis qui in externo in quo internum, et de illis qui in externo absque interno (Arcana Coelestia 10682 (1068).
Quod externum sit durum absque interno (Arcana Coelestia 10682).
Quod mere naturalis homo sit in inferno, nisi fiat spiritualis per regenerationem (Arcana Coelestia 10156).
Quod omnes qui in externo sunt absque interno, seu internum spirituale est clausum, in inferno sint (Arcana Coelestia 9128, 10483, 10489).
Quod interiora hominis actualiter vertantur secundum amores (Arcana Coelestia 10702).
Quod in omnibus et singulis erit internum et externum ut subsistant (Arcana Coelestia 9473).
Quod "supernum" et "altum" in Verbo significet internum (Arcana Coelestia 1735, 2148, 4210, 4599).
Inde quod in Verbo "superius" sit interius, ac "inferius" sit exterius (Arcana Coelestia 3084).