AR 815
. . . fine linen symbolizes genuine truths,
which are truths gained through the Word
from the Lord.
Righteous acts symbolize good lives
in the case of people governed by truths.
Saints symbolize people
who are of the Lord's church.
. . . in the natural sense
a righteous person is
everyone who lives rightly
in accordance with civil and moral laws.
But in the spiritual sense
that person is called righteous
who lives rightly
in accordance with Divine laws,
and Divine laws are truths from the Word.
Someone who believes that he is righteous
and so living a good life
without living in accordance with truth
is much deceived.
For a person cannot be reformed and regenerated
and so become good,
except by means of truths
and by a life in accordance with those truths.
. . . This is clearly apparent
in the case of angels in heaven.
The more they are governed by truths
and live in accordance with them,
the brighter white the garments
in which they appear clothed.
That is because they enjoy a brighter light.
AR 823
On the head means, symbolically, from the Lord,
for the head symbolizes wisdom springing from love,
and a person is governed from the head
by wisdom springing from love.
. . . The Word's Divine truths
correspond in the spiritual world to jewels,
and owing to the correspondence,
so appear there,
and are seen in heaven on the heads of people
who regard the Word as holy.
Jewels accordingly symbolize
the Word's Divine truths in its literal sense.
That is because the literal sense
is made translucent
by its spiritual and celestial senses,
as jewels are by light.
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