not be fully received into any finite mind; but every spirit that loves these heavenly things, receives something therefrom, according to his state; and hence the foundation is laid for an immense number and variety of societies in heaven. And the same is true of those unhappy men or spirits who love those evils and falsities which result from the perversion of goodness and truth. There is no reason to suppose that any two men or spirits love precisely the same evils and falses, and hence the hells of no two are, in all respects, precisely alike.
In regard to heaven, the most general, as well as obvious division, is, into the celestial and spiritual kingdoms. The former is the heaven of those who act solely from the love of goodness. They love truth, not so much for its own sake, as from its relation to that interior goodness which forms the life of their spirits. In regard to the angels of this highest and in most heaven, our author remarks that:—
The angels of the spiritual kingdom are those whose whole life and affections are filled with the love of truth. They have a clear and distinct perception of what is just, orderly and right, and all such things they love. They have also a
