AC 5365 [2]
Truth has need of good,
and good has need of truth;
and when truth has need of good,
truth is conjoined with good,
and when good has need of truth,
good is conjoined with truth;
for the reciprocal conjunction of good and truth,
namely of truth with good and of good with truth,
is the heavenly marriage.
In the early stages of a person's regeneration,
truth is multiplied, but not good;
and as truth has then no good with which to be conjoined,
it is drawn in and stored up
in the interiors of the natural mind,
that it may be called forth from there
according to the increases of good.
. . . But when a person has been regenerated,
then good increases;
and as it increases it is in need of truth,
and also procures truth for itself
with which it may be conjoined,
and thereupon there is a conjunction of good with truth.
When this takes place,
truth is made fruitful from good,
and good from truth.