Heaven and Hell

Published in 1758, best known of Swedenborg's works; describes the nature of life after death. This remarkable work tells of a soul's first experiences after death and the life of angels and evil spirits.

Editor's Preface

ix

Author's Preface

1

(6)

Part I: Heaven

The God of Heaven Is the Lord

7

(4)

It Is the Divine of the Lord That Makes Heaven

11

(4)

In Heaven the Divine of the Lord Is Love to Him and Charity toward the Neighbor

15

(6)

Heaven Is Divided into Two Kingdoms

21

(5)

There Are Three Heavens

26

(7)

The Heavens Consist of Innumerable Societies

33

(5)

Each Society Is a Heaven in a Smaller Form, and Each Angel in the Smallest Form

38

(6)

All Heaven in the Aggregate Reflects a Single Man

44

(5)

Each Society in Heaven Reflects a Single Man

49

(3)

Therefore Every Angel Is in a Complete Human Form

52

(5)

It Is from the Lord's Divine Human That Heaven as a Whole and in Part Reflects Man

57

(11)

Extracts from Arcana Coelestia relating to the Lord and His Divine Human

62

(6)

There Is a Correspondence of All Things of Heaven with All Things of Man

68

(8)

There Is a Correspondence of Heaven with All Things of the Earth

76

(10)

The Sun in Heaven

86

(7)

Light and Heat in Heaven

93

(12)

The Four Quarters in Heaven

105

(8)

Changes of State of the Angels in Heaven

113

(5)

Time in Heaven

118

(4)

Representatives and Appearances in Heaven

122

(4)

The Garments with Which Angels Appear Clothed

126

(4)

The Places of Abode and Dwellings of Angels

130

(5)

Space in Heaven

135

(5)

The Form of Heaven That Determines Affiliations and Communications There

140

(9)

Governments in Heaven

149

(5)

Divine Worship in Heaven

154

(4)

The Power of the Angels of Heaven

158

(5)

The Speech of Angels

163

(8)

The Speech of Angels with Man

171

(9)

Writings in Heaven

180

(5)

The Wisdom of the Angels of Heaven

185

(12)

The State of Innocence of Angels in Heaven

197

(8)

The State of Peace in Heaven

205

(6)

The Conjunction of Heaven with the Human Race

211

(9)

Conjunction of Heaven with Man by Means of the Word

220

(9)

Heaven and Hell Are from the Human Race

229

(7)

The Heathen, or Peoples outside of the Church, in Heaven

236

(10)

Little Children in Heaven

246

(11)

The Wise and the Simple in Heaven

257

(16)

Extracts from Arcana Coelestia respecting Knowledges

269

(4)

The Rich and the Poor in Heaven

273

(11)

Marriages in Heaven

284

(16)

The Occupations of Angels in Heaven

300

(6)

Heavenly Joy and Happiness

306

(15)

The Immensity of Heaven

321

(8)

Part II: The World of Spirits and Man's State after Death

What the World of Spirits Is

329

(6)

In Respect to His Interiors Every Man Is a Spirit

335

(6)

The Resuscitation of Man from the Dead and His Entrance into Eternal Life

341

(5)

Man after Death Is in a Complete Human Form

346

(8)

After Death Man Is Possessed of Every Sense, and of All the Memory, Thought, and Affection That He Had in the World, Leaving Nothing Behind except His Earthly Body

354

(14)

Man after Death Is Such as His Life Had Been in the World

368

(16)

The Delights of Everyone's Life Are Changed after Death into Things That Correspond

384

(9)

The First State of Man after Death

393

(5)

The Second State of Man after Death

398

(11)

The Third State of Man after Death, Which Is a State of Instruction for Those Who Enter Heaven

409

(9)

No One Enters heaven by Mercy apart from Means

418

(7)

It Is Not So Difficult to Live the Life That Leads to Heaven as Is Believed

425

(14)

Part III: Hell

The Lord Rules the Hells

439

(5)

The Lord Casts No One into Hell; This Is Done by the Spirit

444

(5)

All Who Are in Hell Are in Evils and Related Falsities Derived from the Loves of Self and the World

449

(13)

What Hell Fire Is and What the Gnashing of Teeth Is

462

(9)

The Malice and Heinous Artifices of Infernal Spirits

471

(5)

The Appearance, Situation, and Number of the Hells

476

(7)

The Equilibrium between Heaven and Hell

483

(7)

By Means of the Equilibrium between Heaven and Hell Man Is in Freedom

490

(9)

Extracts from Arcana Coelestia Respecting the Freedom of Man, Influx, and the Spirits through Whom Communications Are Effected

495

(4)

Index of Scripture References

499

(4)

Index

503

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