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 is the heat that animates and the wisdom of God is the light that surrounds them.

The appearance of a light or a great light is indicative of the revelation of truth. Moses was called to his task by the light of the burning bush. The divine will was revealed to the high priest of the Jews by the miraculous variegations of light in the precious stones which glittered upon his bosom. The wise men of the East were led to the infant Saviour by the light of a star. Paul was summoned to his better mission by a great light that shone on his way. For a long time before Swedenborg's spiritual sight was opened, he was visited by wonderful and beautiful lights shining around him, glittering prophecies of the heavenly truths about to be communicated through him to the Church and the world.

Yes, spiritual light is truth; and our spiritual eyes are the organs which receive it for the soul's contemplation and delight. The manifestation depends upon the state of the organ. There is a spiritual blindness as well as a natural blindness—an inability to discern spiritual truth, no matter how beautifully or forcibly presented. Spiritual truth cannot be seen by the carnal eye; that is, by men who are immersed in the love of self and the