AE 586
That they should not adore demons, (Revelation 9:20)
signifies that they should not worship their own cupidities.
. . . The affection of evil and falsity is what is called cupidity,
and is what is signified by "demon."
[2] But what is meant by "worshiping demons" shall also be told briefly.
Every person is associated with spirits;
without association and conjunction with them no one can live;
and the spirits with a person are such as his affections or cupidities are;
therefore when a person in his worship
does not look to the Lord or to the neighbor,
but looks to himself and to the world, that is,
when he worships God for the sole end of being carried to honors,
and of gaining wealth, or of being able to do injury to others,
then he worships demons;
for then the Lord is not present in his worship,
but infernal spirits are present . . .
AE 587a [2]
. . . when the light of the world is separated from the light of heaven
there is thick darkness in things spiritual.
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