DLW 175, 181 - spiritual atmospheres, and degrees of heat & light

DLW 175

The difference between

spiritual atmospheres and natural atmospheres

is that spiritual atmospheres

are vehicles of Divine fire and light,

thus of love and wisdom,

for they contain these within them,

whereas natural atmospheres

are not vehicles of Divine fire and light

but are vehicles of the fire and light of their sun,

a sun which in itself is . . . lifeless.

Consequently natural atmospheres do not have in them

anything from the sun of the spiritual world,

although they are surrounded by spiritual atmospheres

which originate from that sun.   

That this is the difference between

spiritual atmospheres and natural atmospheres

comes from angelic wisdom.

DLW 181

Since there are degrees of love and wisdom,

there are also degrees of heat and light.

By heat and light we mean spiritual heat and light,

the kind of heat and light angels have in the heavens,

and the kind people possess inwardly

in the interior regions of their minds.

For people possess the same warmth of love

and the same light of wisdom as angels.