AC 10293
. . . the spices are mentioned in order,
according to the truths with a person,
from most external to inmost;
so it is that by "stacte"
is signified the affection of sensuous truth,
which is truth most external;
by "onycha," the affection of natural truth,
which is interior truth in the natural person;
by "galbanum," an affection of truth still more interior,
which is interior truth in the spiritual or internal person;
and by "frankincense," inmost truth in the internal person,
which is spiritual good -
in like manner as was signified
by the spices from which the oil of anointing was prepared,
which were best myrrh, aromatic cinnamon,
aromatic calamus, and cassia . . ..
But the difference is that those truths
which are signified by the spices of the oil of anointing,
belong to the celestial class,
while these truths
which are signified by the spices of the incense,
belong to the spiritual class.
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