AC 10291 - Spices; AC 10300 - Worship

AC 10291

Take to thee fragrant spices.
(Exodus 30:34)

That this signifies the affections of truth from good
which must be in Divine worship,
is evident from the signification of "spices,"
as being the perceptions and affections
of truth and of good.
That it signifies which must be in Divine worship,
is because by the incense
which was prepared from them
is signified Divine worship.
The spices which are now mentioned
are of a totally different kind
from those of which the oil of anointing was prepared.
These also are called "spices,"
but are expressed in the original tongue by another word.
The spices from which the oil of anointing was prepared,
in like manner signify perceptions and affections
of truth and good as do these spices,
but with the difference
that the former truths belong to the celestial class,
and the latter to the spiritual class.

AC 10300 [4]

 . . . in all worship there must be a longing of truth for good . . .