Heavenly Secrets (Arcana Coelestia), Vol. XII

the “pure frankincense put upon the cakes” signified truth from celestial good, which is the ultimate or outermost of the celestial kingdom. [6] By “cakes” is also signified the good of love in general, in Jeremiah:—

The sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle a fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods (vii. 18; xliv. 19);

“to make cakes to the queen of the heavens” denotes to worship the devil from the good of celestial love; and “to pour out drink-offerings to other gods” denotes to worship Satan from the truths of faith. For by “the queen of the heavens” are signified those who are in the hell of genii; and by “other gods,” those who are in the hell of evil spirits (on which see n. 5977, 8593, 8622, 8625). They who are in the hell of genii are collectively called “the devil;” and they who are in the hell of evil spirits are called “Satan.” [7] But the good of spiritual love is signified by “cakes” in Hosea:—

Ephraim hath become a cake not turned (vii. 8);

but “cake” is here expressed by another term in the original tongue, which signifies the good of spiritual love; a cake is “not turned” when the external man rules over the internal. When this is the case with man, the order is inverted; for then the external rules, and the internal serves. “Ephraim” denotes the intellectual the faculty of understanding of the church, which is enlightened and affected when the truths and goods of faith are received.

9994. And wafers of unleavened things anointed with oil. That this signifies the celestial the highest degree of good, associated with love to the Lord in the external man, is evident from the signification of “wafers,” as being the celestial in the external man (of which below); from the signification of “unleavened,” as being purified (see above, n. 9992); and from the signification of “oil,” as being the good of love (n. 886, 4582, 4638). From this it is evident that by “wafers of unleavened things anointed with oil” is signified the celestial in the external man, which proceeds in order from the prior celestials. The wafers are said to be “anointed with oil,” but the cakes “mixed with oil,” for the reason that the wafers are in the third rank, and the cakes in the second (as said just above, n. 9993); and that which is in the second rank proceeds from