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effable to the natural man; thus it becomes wise as an angel; from which it may be evident that the internal of man, which is called his spirit, is in its essence an angel, (see above, n. 57;) which, when it is loosed from the earthly body is equally in the human form as an angel. That an angel is in a perfect human form, may be seen above, n. 73–77.—But when the internal of man is not open above, but only beneath, then after it is loosed from the body, it is still in a human form, but direful and diabolical; for it cannot look upwards to heaven, but only downwards to hell.

He who is instructed concerning divine order, can also understand, that man was created that he might become an angel, because in him is the ultimate of order, n. 304, in which that can be formed which is of heavenly and angelic wisdom, and which can be renewed and multiplied. Divine order never stops in the middle, and forms any thing there without an ultimate, for it is not in its fullness and perfection, till it goes to the ultimate; and when it is in its ultimate, then it forms something, and also by mediums there collected, renews and produces itself further, which is done by procreations; wherefore there is the seminary of heaven.

I will also request a careful perusal of the following paragraphs, taken from an article on the Divine Wisdom, found at the end of the author's large work entitled the Apocalypse Explained. It is a very fair example of his manner of reasoning in regard to the subject in question.

"That angels have not been immediately created, but that all who are in heaven, and have been there, were first born men, and after life passed in the world are angels, may be seen proved in the Treatise on Heaven and Hell, n. 312–318. That also no angel could exist, except from a man born in the world, and that this is according to divine order, will be seen from the following considerations: 1. That in man there is an angelic mind. 2. That such a mind cannot be formed except in man. 3. Neither can it be procreated, and by procreations, be multiplied. 4. That spirits and angels hence derive the capacity of subsisting and living to eternity. 5. And of being adjoined and conjoined to the human race. 6. Whereby heaven can exist, which was the end of creation. That in man there is an angelic mind. It is a thing known in the Christian world, that man is born for heaven, and that also, if he lives well, he will come into heaven, and be there consociated with the angels, as one of them; likewise that a soul or mind of such a quality has