and
good and between faith and love; for truth and faith belong to the
understanding, and good and love to the will. From this it is that in
the Word "youth" or "man" means in the spiritual sense the
understanding of truth, and "virgin" or "woman" affection for good;
also that the church, on account of its affection for good and truth,
is called a "woman" and a "virgin;" also that all those that are in
affection for good are called "virgins" (as in Apoc. 14:4).{1}

{Footnote 1} In the Word "young men" signify understanding of
truth, or the intelligent (n. 7668). "Men" have the same
signification (n. 158, 265, 749, 915, 1007, 2517, 3134, 3236,
4823, 9007). "Woman" signifies affection for good and truth (n.
568, 3160, 6014, 7337, 8994); likewise the church (n. 252, 253,
749, 770); "wife" has the same signification (n. 252, 253, 409,
749, 770); with what difference (n. 915, 2517, 3236, 4510,
4823). In the highest sense "husband and wife" are predicated
of the Lord and of His conjunction with heaven and the church
(n. 7022). A "virgin" signifies affection for good (n. 3067,
3110, 3179, 3189, 6729, 6742); likewise the church (n. 2362,
3081, 3963, 4638, 6729, 6775, 6788).

369. Everyone, whether man or woman, possesses understanding and
will; but with the man the understanding predominates, and with the
woman the will predominates, and the character is determined by that
which predominates. Yet in heavenly marriages there is no
predominance; for the will of the wife is also the husband's will,
and the understanding of the husband is also the wife's
understanding, since each loves to will and to think like the other,
that is mutually and reciprocally. Thus are they conjoined into one.
This conjunction is actual conjunction, for the will of the wife
enters into the understanding of the husband, and the understanding
of the husband into the will of the wife, and this especially when
they look into one another's faces; for, as has been repeatedly said
above, there is in the heavens a sharing of thoughts and affections,
more especially with husband and wife, because they reciprocally love
each other. This makes clear what the conjunction of minds is that
makes marriage and produces marriage love in the heavens, namely,
that one wishes what is his own to be the others, and this
reciprocally.

370. I have been told by angels that so far as a married pair are so
conjoined they are in marriage love, an