the angels. For
angels have both interiors and exteriors. All things in their
interiors have relation to love and faith, thus to the will and
understanding, since the will and understanding are their
receptacles; while their exteriors correspond to their interiors.
That exterior things correspond to interior things may be seen above
(n. 87-115). This is illustrated by what has been said above about
the heat and light of heaven, that angels have heat in accordance
with the quality of their love, and light in accordance with the
quality of their wisdom (n. 128-134). The like is true of all other
things that present themselves to the senses of angels.

174. When I have been permitted to be in company with angels, the
things there appeared precisely the same as those in the world; and
so plainly that I would not have known that I was not in the world
and in a king's palace. I also talked with the angels as man with
man.

175. As all things that correspond to interiors also represent them
they are called representatives; and as they differ in each case in
accordance with the state of the interiors they are called
appearances. Nevertheless, the things that appear before the eyes of
angels in heaven and are perceived by their senses appear to their
eyes and senses as fully living as things on earth appear to man, and
even much more clearly, distinctly and perceptibly. Appearances from
this source in heaven are called real appearances, because they have
real existence. There are appearances also that are not real, which
are things that become visible, but do not correspond to
interiors.{1} These will be treated of further on.

{Footnote 1} All things that are visible to the angels are
representative (n. 1971, 3213-3226, 3342, 3457, 3475, 3485,
9481, 9457, 9576, 9577). The heavens are full of
representatives (n. 1521, 1532, 1619). The representatives are
more beautiful as they are more interior in the heavens (n.
3475). As the representatives there are from the light of
heaven they are real appearances (n. 3485). The Divine influx
is turned into representatives in the higher heavens, and
therefrom in the lower heavens also (n. 2179, 3213, 9457, 9481,
9576, 9577). Those things are called representative that appear
before the eyes of the angels in such form as are in nature,
that is, such as are in the world (n. 9457). Internal things
are thus turned into external (n. 1632, 2987-3002). What
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