AE 150
In every person there is an internal and an external;
his internal is what is called the spiritual person,
the external what is called the natural person.
When a person is born,
the external or natural person is first opened;
and afterwards, as he grows up
and is perfected in intelligence and wisdom,
the internal or spiritual person is opened.
The external or natural person is opened by
such things as a person derives from the world,
while the internal or spiritual person is opened by
such things as he derives from heaven;
for the external or natural person is formed
for receiving such things as are in the world,
but the internal or spiritual person
for receiving such things as are in heaven.
The things in the world,
for receiving which the external or natural person is formed,
have reference, in general,
to all things of civil and moral life;
while the things in heaven,
for receiving which the internal or spiritual person is formed,
have reference, in general, to all things of love and faith.
AE 152 [2, 15]
The whole body, with all its sensories,
is merely an instrument of its soul, or of its spirit;
which is also the reason that when a person's spirit
is separated from the body,
the body has no sensation whatever,
but the spirit afterwards continues
to have sensation as before.
. . . the Lord's Divine Providence . . .
is His government of all things
in the heavens and on the earth
by Divine Wisdom;
for the Lord by Divine Providence
sees all things,
disposes all things,
and looks out for all things.
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