DLW 99, 102, 105 - the spiritual sun and the angels

DLW 99

. . . heat and light

as they emanate from the Lord as the sun

are one.

DLW 102

When heat and light are united in heaven,

the climate to angels is like that in springtime.

But when they are not united,

the climate is either like that in summer,

or like that in winter,

though not like winter in the colder zones,

but like winter in the warmer zones.

For the reception of love and wisdom in equal measure

is the essence of what it is to be an angel,

and an angel is an angel therefore

according to the union of love and wisdom in him.

It is the same with a person in the church,

if the love and wisdom in him,

or charity and faith,

are united.

DLW 105

The sun in the spiritual world appears at a middle height

chiefly for the following reasons:

First, the heat and light which emanate from that sun

are then in their intermediate degree,

and so are in balance and thus in their proper proportion.

The second reason the sun in the spiritual world

appears at a middle height over the angelic heaven

is that it results in a climate of perpetual spring

throughout the angelic heavens,

so that the angels are in a state of peace;

for this state corresponds to springtime on earth.

The third reason is that angels

are thus able to turn their faces constantly to the Lord

and behold Him with their eyes.

For in whatever direction they turn their bodies

angels have the east, thus the Lord, before their faces.

This is a phenomenon peculiar to that world.

It would not be possible if the sun in that world

were to appear above or below mid-height,

and not at all

if it were to appear at the highest point above their head.