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III. That the three degrees of the natural mind, which is a form
and image of hell, are opposite to the three degrees of the
spiritual mind, which is a form and image of heaven - 275
IV. That the natural mind, which is a hell, is in complete oppo-
sition to the spiritual mind, which is a heaven - 276
That all things of the three degrees of the natural mind are included
in works, which are performed by acts of the body - 277
That the Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, created the universe and
all things in it from Himself, and not from nothing This refers to the rejection of creation ex nihilo (out of nothing), asserting instead that all things proceed from God's own substance. - 282
That the Lord from eternity, or Jehovah, could not have created the
universe and all things in it if He were not a Man In this context, God is described as the "Essential Man," the source of all human qualities. - 285
That the Lord from eternity, or Jehovah, produced from Himself the
sun of the spiritual world, and from it created the universe and all
things in it - 290
That in the Lord there are three things which constitute the Lord: the divine
of love, the divine of wisdom, and the divine of use; and that these
three appear to come from the sun of the spiritual
world: the divine of love by heat, the divine of wisdom by light, and
the divine of use by the atmosphere, which is the container original: "continent"; meaning the medium that holds or contains these divine qualities. - 296
That the atmospheres, which are three in both the spiritual and natural
worlds, end in their final forms original: "ultimates" as substances and matters, like those
on the earth - 302
That in the substances and matters of which earths consist, there is
nothing of the Divine in itself, but that they are still from the Divine
in itself - 305
That all uses meaning the purpose, function, or benefit for which something exists, which are the ends of creation, are in forms, and that they
receive their forms from such substances and matters as those on the earth 307
I. That in the earths there is an endeavor to produce uses in forms,
or forms of uses - - - - - - - 310
II. That there is a certain image of creation in all forms of uses - 313
III. That there is a certain image of man in all forms of uses - 317
IV. That there is a certain image of the infinite and eternal in all
forms of uses - - - - - - - 318
That all things of the created universe, viewed in terms of their uses, represent
man in an image; and that this testifies that God is a Man - 319
That all things created by the Lord are uses; and that they are uses in
the order, degree, and respect in which they relate to man,
and through man to the Lord their Creator - 327
Uses for sustaining the body - - - - - - 331
Uses for perfecting the rational principle original: "principle"; referring to the faculty of human reason. - - - - - 332
Uses for receiving a spiritual principle from the Lord - - - 333
That evil uses were not created by the Lord, but that they originated
together with hell - 336
I. What is meant by evil uses on earth - - - - - 338
II. That all things that are evil uses are in hell, and all that are
good uses are in heaven - - - - - - 339
III. That there is a continual influx the flowing-in of spiritual influence or energy from the spiritual into the
natural world - - - - - - - 340