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VERY society is a heaven in a less form, and every angel in the least, because the good of love and faith is what makes heaven; and this good is in every society of heaven, and in every angel of the society. It matters not that it is everywhere different or various; it is still the good of heaven. The only difference is, that heaven is of one quality in one part and of another in another.

It is therefore said, when one is elevated into any society of heaven, that he is gone to heaven; and of those who are there, that they are in heaven, and every one in his own heaven. It is, comparatively, as with governors, officers and servants in a royal palace or court; although they live by themselves in separate apartments or chambers, one above and another below, still they are all in one palace or court, each one ready to serve the king in his respective function. Hence is evident what is meant by the words of the Lord, "In my Father's house are many mansions;" John xiv. 2; and what by the habitations of heaven, and by the heavens of heavens in the prophets.

That every society is a heaven in a less form is also