AE 404
. . . the spiritual mind, which is, as was said,
the higher or interior mind with a person,
is opened by truths applied to life, thus by goods,
but it is closed up by falsities applied to life, thus by evils . . .
as the rolling up of the scroll of a book.
. . . By "book" is meant a scroll,
because in ancient times there were no types
and thus no books like those of the present day,
but there were scrolls of parchments . . .
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From Bill:
I find it interesting that the Writings give us this bit of historical information to help us understand the spiritual meaning of the text.
This suggests that such historical and cultural background information can be useful for understanding the spiritual meaning.
From Norm & Marg:
Astounding, the spiritual mind is opened up by truths applied to life... so simple really...we just need to live our doctrine, and that becomes the more difficult part if we are unwilling live those truths., Cheers.. Norm & Marg
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