CL 145 - spiritual wisdom

CL 145
A person from being natural only gradually becomes spiritual.
For a person becomes spiritual as his rationality -
which stands in between heaven and the world -
begins to draw its life or soul from what flows in from heaven.
This occurs as he becomes affected by and is delighted with wisdom
(the wisdom spoken of in no. 130 - see *). . ..

Spiritual wisdom in itself is such
that it grows warmer and warmer with the love of becoming wise,
and because of this, it increases to eternity.
This takes place as it is perfected as though by processes . . .
which are accomplished by
purifications and separations of the intellect
from the misconceptions of the senses,
and of the will from the temptations of the body.

*CL 130
Regarded in its fullness, wisdom has to do with
concepts, reason and life at the same time.
Concepts come first;
reason is formed by means of them,
and wisdom by both concepts and reason together -
and this when a person lives reasonably or rationally
according to truths formed as concepts.