SS 73-74 - The Word Exists in All of the Heavens, and Is the Source of the Angels’ Wisdom

SS 73

The angels acknowledge
that all their wisdom comes through the Word,
for they are in light in proportion
to their understanding of the Word.
The light of heaven is Divine wisdom,
which to their eyes is light.
In the sanctuary where the copy of the Word is kept,
there is a flaming and bright light that surpasses
every degree of light in heaven that is outside of it.
The cause is the same as above mentioned;
it is that the Lord is in the Word.

SS 74

The wisdom of the celestial angels
surpasses that of the spiritual angels
almost as much
as this surpasses the wisdom of people,
and the reason is that the celestial angels
are in the good of love from the Lord,
while the spiritual angels
are in truths of wisdom from Him,
and wherever there is the good of love
at the same time there resides wisdom;
but where there are truths
there resides no more of wisdom
than there is good of love together with it.
This is the reason why
the Word in the celestial kingdom is written differently
from that in the spiritual kingdom;
for goods of love are expressed in the Word
of the celestial kingdom,
and the marks denote affections,
whereas truths of wisdom are expressed in the Word
of the spiritual kingdom,
and the marks denote perceptions.