because all of that religion, who are in its evils and falses, do indeed come after death into the world of spirits, for that world is like a forum or place of resort, where all are at first assembled, and is as a stomach, in which the food is at first collected; the stomach, moreover, corresponds to that world; but at this day, because it is after the last judgment, which was executed in the year 1757, they are not allowed, as before, to stay in that world, and to form to themselves imaginary heavens, but immediately on their arriving there, they are remanded to societies therein, which are in conjunction with the hells, into which they are also cast from time to time; and thus it is provided by the Lord, that they shall never appear before the angels any more. This then is what is signified by that city, or, by that religion, not being found any more at all. Inasmuch as by a millstone is signified the truth of the Word adulterated, and by the sea, hell, therefore the Lord says: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea," Matt. xviii. 6. It is called a millstone in Mark ix. 42, Luke xvii. 2. The like thing is said of Babylon in Jeremiah: "When thou hast made an end of reading this book, thou shalt bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again," li. 63, 64; by the midst of the Euphrates, the same is meant as by the sea, because the river Euphrates bounded Assyria, where Babylon was, and separated it from the land of Canaan.

792. "And the voice of harpers, and of musicians, and of pipers, and of trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee," signifies, that among them there will not be any affection of spiritual truth and good, nor any affection of celestial truth and good. By the voice is meant sound, and all sound corresponds to affection which is of love, because it originates therefroin'; hence it is, that the sounds of the harp, of music, and of the pipe, by correspondence signify affections; but affections are of two kinds, spiritual and celestial; spiritual affections are

affections of wisdom, and celestial affections are affections of love; they differ from each other as the heavens, which are divided into two kingdoms, the celestial and spiritual, as has been several times shown above. There are therefore some instruments of music, whose sounds have relation to spiritual affections, and there are others which have relation to celestial affections; the voice or sound of harpers and musicians relates to spiritual affections, and the voice or sound of pipers and trumpeters to celestial affections; for the instruments whose sounds are discrete, as is the case with stringed instruments, belong to the class of spiritual affections; and such as have their sounds continuous, as is the case with wind-instruments, belong to the class of celestial affections, hence it is, that the voice or sound of harpers and musicians signifies the affection of spiritual truth and good, and the voice or sound of pipers and trumpeters signifies the affection of celestial truth and good. That the sound of the harp from correspondence signifies confession originating in the affection of spiritual truth, see n. 276, 661. That they who are in the evils and falses of the Roman Catholic religion, have no affections of spiritual truth and good, nor any affections of celestial truth and good, is here understood, because it is said, that the voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters shall not be heard in thee any more; the reason why they have not such affections, is, because they cannot exist among them, for they have not any truth from the Word, and inasmuch as they have no truth, neither have they any good; this is given only to those who desire truths; but none desire truths from spiritual affection except those who approach the Lord; those, according to this their desire, are instructed after death by angels, and receive them. The external affections, by which they are influenced while hearing mass, or engaged in other devotions, being void of truths from the Lord, through the Word, are merely natural, sensual, and corporeal; and since they are such, and without internal affections from the Lord, it is not to be wondered at, that in that state of darkness and blindness they should be carried away to the worship of living and dead men,

and to offer sacrifices to demons, which are called Plutos, to make expiation for their souls.

793. "And no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee," signifies, that they who are in that religion from doctrine, and from a life according thereto, have not any understanding of spiritual truth, and, therefore, neither any thought of spiritual truth, so far as depends upon themselves. By craftsman, in the spiritual sense of the Word, is signified a man who is intelligent, and who thinks from understanding, in a good sense one who from understanding thinks truths which are celestial, and in a bad sense one who from understanding thinks falses, which are infernal; and inasmuch as both the former and the latter consist of many genera, and each genus of many species, and every species again of many genera and species, which are called particulars and singulars, therefore it is said, no craftsman of whatsoever craft he be: Moreover, by craftsmen, in consequence of their devices and arts, from correspondence, are signified such things as have relation to wisdom, intelligence, and science. It is said from correspondence, because every work of man, and in like manner every operation, provided it be of any use, corresponds to such things as are of angelic intelligence; but the works of artificers in gold, silver, and jewels, correspond to things or subjects of angelic intelligence of one kind; those of artificers in brass, iron, wood, and stone, to another kind, and those of other artificers who work in useful and desirable manufactures, as in cloth, linen, garments, and apparel of various sorts, to other kinds; all these correspond, as has been observed, because they are works. From these considerations it may appear, that by no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found in Babylon, is not meant that there shall be no artificers there, but that there will be no understanding whatever of spiritual truth, and consequently no thought of spiritual truth; but this is the case only with those who are confirmed in that religion from its doctrine, and from a life in accordance with it, and also in proportion as this results from themselves. That a craftsman or artificer signifies

those who are in the understanding of truth, and thence in the thought of truth, may appear from the following passages: "Bezaleel and Aholiab the artificers shall make the tabernacle, because they are filled with wisdom, understanding, and knowledge," Exod. xxxi. 3, xxxvi. 1, 2. "And every wise-hearted man, among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle, with cunning work," Exod. xxxvi. 8. "Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them," Exod. xxvi. 1. "In like manner shalt thou make the vail, and fine twined linen, of cunning work," verse 31, xxxv. 35. "In like manner the ephod with

work of the artificer; as also the breastplate," Exod. xxviii. 6, xxxix. 8. Artificer is there expressed by a word, which also signifies a designer or inventer. "Thou shalt engrave two stones, which shall be put upon the shoulders of the ephod, with work of the artificer in jewels," Exod. xxviii. 12. In an opposite sense, by the work of the artificer is signified that work which is done from self-derived intelligence, from which nothing can be produced but what is false; this is meant by the work of the artificer in the following places: "And have made them molten images of their silver, and idols, according to their own understanding, all of it the work of craftsmen," Hos. xiii. 2. "The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman," Isaiah xl. 19, 20. "For one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman; silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman; blue and purple is their clothing, they are all the work of cunning men," Jerem. x. 3, 9. As also in Deuteronomy xxvii. 15. That idols signify falsities of religion and of worship originating in self-derived intelligence, see above, n. 459, 460.

794. "And the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee," signifies, that they who are in that religion from doctrine, and from a life according thereto,

make no inquiry after, nor examination, nor confirmation of spiritual truth, because falsity received and confirmed, and thus implanted, prevents this. By the sound of the mill, nothing else is signified but the inquisition, examina-, tion, and confirmation of spiritual truth, especially from the Word; the reason why this is signified by the sound. of the mill, or by grinding in a mill, is, because wheat and barley, which are ground, signify celestial and spiritual good, and therefore meal and flour signify truth derived from that good; for all truth is derived from good, and such truth, as is not derived from spiritual good, is not spiritual. It is said the sound of the mill, because things spiritual throughout the Word are denoted by things instrumental, which are the ultimates of nature, as for example; spiritual truths and goods are denoted by cups, vials, bottles, platters, and many other vessels, as may be seen above, n. 672. That by wheat is signified the good of the church derived from the Word, n. 315; and that by flour of wheat is signified the truth derived from that good, n. 778. That a mill signifies inquisition, examination, and confirmation of spiritual truth, see the following passages: Jesus said at the consummation of age, "Then shall two be in the field, the one shall be taken and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken and the other left, Matt. xxiv. 40, 41; by the consummation of the age, is meant the end of the church, at which time the last judgment takes place; by a field is signified the church, because there is the harvest; by they who grind at the mill, are signified those in the church who inquire after truths; by they who are taken are signified those who find and receive truths; and by they who are left are signified those who neither inquire after nor receive them, because they are in falses. "I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle," Jerem. xxv. 10; here by the sound of the millstone the same is signified as in this passage in the Apocalypse. Also, "No man shall take the nether or upper millstone to pledge, for he