To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.

Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg

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The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was...

The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was...

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love.

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love.

There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord,...

There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord,...

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

But by all this I am not deterred, for I have seen, I have heard,...

But by all this I am not deterred, for I have seen, I have heard,...

Without such a Life, the Word as to the letter is dead.

Without such a Life, the Word as to the letter is dead.

And as the Divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love...

And as the Divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love...

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.