DLW 372 - thought & will; DLW 380 - colors

DLW 372 [2]

A person who does not know

that affection is a property of the will

confuses affection with thought;

for he says that it is one with thought.

But in fact they are not one,

but operate as one.

The confusion of the two is apparent from common speech,

as in the statement, "My thought is to do this,"

meaning, "My will is to do it."

On the other hand,

the distinction of the two is also apparent from common speech,

as in the statement, "I want to think about this."

And when he does think about it,

the affection of the will is present in the thought of the intellect,

like the intonation in an utterance . . ..

DLW 380

The fact that the blood is red

is owing also to the correspondence of the heart and blood

with love and its affections.

For the spiritual world has in it colors of every kind.

The colors red and white are the fundamental ones,

and the rest take their variations

from them and from their opposites,

which are a dark fiery color and black.

The color red there corresponds to love,

and the color white corresponds to wisdom.

The color red corresponds to love

for the reason that it takes its origin

from the fire of the sun in the spiritual world;

and the color white corresponds to wisdom

for the reason that it takes its origin

from the light of the sun there.

Because, then, there is a correspondence of love with the heart,

therefore the blood cannot but be red and attest its origin.

It is in consequence of this

that in the heavens where love toward the Lord reigns,

the light is a flaming one,

and the angels there are clad in purple garments;

and in the heavens where wisdom reigns,

the light is bright white,

and the angels there are clad in garments of white linen.