AE 923 [3]
. . . this good (spiritual good),
which is the good of charity from the Lord,
is what alone opens the spiritual mind,
through which the Lord flows in and enlightens;
and without the opening of that mind
no enlightenment is possible,
and thus no understanding of truth.
He that believes
that he can see any truth of the church
from the mere light of reason
is much deceived.
He may have knowledge of it from another,
but he cannot see it in the light.
And when he wishes to see it
or to comprehend it in thought,
mere shadows from falsities,
which spring from fallacies
and from what is a person's proprium (ego, own)
hover over him and induce blindness.
All this makes clear what is meant by
the falsifications of the Word flowing forth from evil,
even to the dominion over the understanding . . ..
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