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AUTHOR'S TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.


The Heavenly Arcana which have been unfolded in the Holy Scripture or Word of the Lord are contained in the Explication, which is the Internal Sense of the Word. What the nature of this sense is may be seen in those things which have been shown concerning it from Experience in numbers 1767 to 1777, and 1869 to 1879; and also in the context (n. 1 to 5, 64 to 66, 167, 605, 920, 937, 1143, 1224, 1404, 1405, 1408, 1409, 1502 at the end, 1540, 1659, 1756, 1783, 1807).

The Wonderful Things which have been seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels, are prefixed and subjoined to the several chapters. In this volume are the following:—

Concerning the Resuscitation of man from the dead, and his entrance into eternal life (n. 168 to 181).

Continuation concerning the entrance of man into eternal life (n. 182 to 189; also 314 to 319).

What the life of the Soul or Spirit then is (n. 320 to 323).

Some examples from Spirits of what they had thought in the life of the body about the Soul or Spirit (n. 443 to 448).

Concerning Heaven and Heavenly Joy (n. 449 to 459; also 537 to 546; and 547 to 553).

Concerning the Societies which constitute Heaven (n. 684 to 691).

Concerning Hell (n. 692 to 700).

Concerning the Hells of those who have passed their life in Hatred, Revenge, and Cruelty (n. 814 to 823).

Concerning the Hells of those who have passed their life in Adulteries and Lasciviousness; and also concerning the Hells of the Deceitful, and of Sorceresses (n. 824 to 831).

Concerning the Hells of the Avaricious; and concerning the Filthy Jerusalem, and the Robbers in the Desert; and

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