SS 30, 33 - the natural sense of the Word

SS 30

. . . the natural sense of the Word

which is the sense of the letter,

is the basis, the container, and the support

of its spiritual sense

and of its celestial sense.
 
SS 33

. . . without the sense of the letter,

the Word would be like a human body

without its coverings which are called skins,

and without its supports which are called bones;

lacking which supports and coverings

all the interior things of the body would fall apart.

And it would be like the heart and lungs in the chest

without their covering which is called the pleura,

and their supports which are called the ribs.

Or like the brain without its covering

which is called the dura mater,

and without its general covering, container, and support,

which is called the skull.

So would it be with the Word

without the sense of the letter;

and therefore it is said in Isaiah:

Jehovah creates upon all the glory a covering.

(Isaiah 4:5)