. . .those who are not in the love of self,
and who seek intelligence for the sake of the uses of life,
are elevated by the Lord
from what is their own (proprium)
into the light of heaven
and though not aware of it themselves,
are illustrated.
AE 382
. . . the Lord Himself, who is the Word:
He to appears to everyone according to his quality;
to those who are in goods and truths therefrom
He appears as a fire and as light vivifying and recreating,
but to those who are in evils and in falsities therefrom
He appears as a consuming fire and as thick darkness.
. . . to those who are in evil and in falsities therefrom
the Lord appears to be angry, to punish,
to condemn, and to cast into hell,
when yet He is never angry, never punishes,
or condemns, or casts into hell,
but saves so far as a person applies himself;
for the Lord is good itself and truth itself,
He is love itself and mercy itself.
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