For in every particular of the Word there is an internal sense which treats of things spiritual and heavenly, not of things natural and worldly, such as are treated of in the sense of the letter.

The more one is absorbed in so-called philosophy, the greater one's delusion and blindness.

The nature of heaven is to provide a place there for all who lead good lives, no matter what their religion may be.

For in every particular of the Word there is an internal sense which treats of things spiritual and heavenly, not of things natural and worldly, such as are treated of in the sense of the letter.

The angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them.

We are all spirits inwardly. This is what's alive in the body, not the body on its own.

Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.