Arcana Coelestia, Vol. VI

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The Heavenly Arcana original: Arcana Coelestia. This is the title of Swedenborg's massive eight-volume work (published 1749–1756) which provides a verse-by-verse spiritual interpretation of the books of Genesis and Exodus. which have been unfolded in the Holy Scripture or Word of the Lord are contained in the Explication, which is the INTERNAL SENSE Swedenborg taught that the Bible contains a "hidden" spiritual meaning beneath the literal stories, which he called the internal sense. of the Word.

Prefixed and subjoined to the several chapters are the following:—

Explication of Matthew xxiv. verses 32 to 35 (n. 4229 to 4231).

Continuation concerning the Grand Man original: Maximus Homo. A central concept in this theology suggesting that the whole of heaven is organized in the form and function of a single human being, with different groups of souls corresponding to different organs and senses. and Correspondence Swedenborg's doctrine of "correspondences" asserts that every physical thing in the world is a direct reflection or "echo" of a spiritual reality. therewith: the Senses in general (n. 4318 to 4331).

Explication of Matthew xxiv. verses 36 to 42 (n. 4332 to 4335).

Continuation concerning the Grand Man, and Correspondence: the Eye, and Light (n. 4403 to 4421).

Explication of Matthew xxiv. verses 42 to 51 (n. 4422 to 4424).

Continuation concerning the Correspondence of the Eye and of Light with the Grand Man (n. 4523 to 4534).

The Consummation of the Age Often translated in older Bibles as the "end of the world," Swedenborg interprets this as the end of a specific religious era rather than the destruction of the physical earth. (n. 4535).

Continuation concerning Correspondence with the Grand Man: Odor, and the Nostrils (n. 4622 to 4634).

Explication of Matthew xxv. verses 1 to 13 (n. 4635 to 4638).

Continuation concerning Correspondence with the Grand Man: Hearing, and the Ears (n. 4652 to 4660).

Explication of Matthew xxv. verses 31 to 46 (n. 4661 to 4664).

Continuation concerning Correspondence with the Grand Man: Taste, the Tongue, and the Face (n. 4791 to 4806).

Explication of Matthew xxv. verses 31 to 33 (n. 4807 to 4810).

Continuation concerning Correspondence with the Grand Man: the Hands, Arms, Feet, and Loins (n. 4931 to 4953).

Note.—The figures between brackets in the text of the long paragraphs indicate the subdivisions arranged for the Swedenborg Concordance A reference index designed to help readers find specific topics across Swedenborg's many published works..