with man, and correspond to them. They who in the greatest man, or heaven, are in the breast, are in the good of charity and faith, and also flow into the breast of man, and correspond to it. They who in the greatest man, or heaven, are in the loins and the organs there devoted to generation, are in marriage love. They who are in the feet, are in the lowest good of heaven. They who are in the arms and hands, are in the power of truth from good. They who are in the eyes, are in understanding. They who are in the ears, are in hearing and obedience. They who are in the nostrils, are in perception. They who are in the mouth and tongue are in speech from understanding and perception. They who are in the kidneys, are in truth searching, separating, and chastising. They who are in the liver, pancreas, and spleen, are in the various purification of good and truth. They flow into the like things of man and correspond to them. The influx of heaven is into the functions and uses of the members; and the uses, because they are from the spiritual world, form themselves by means of such things as are in the natural world, and thus present themselves in effect.
By these same members, organs, and viscera, such things are signified in the Word. Thus by head is signified intelligence and wisdom, by breast charity, by loins marriage love, by arms and hands the power of truth, by feet what is natural, by eyes understanding, by nostrils perception, by ears obedience, by kidneys the searching of truth. Hence also it is that men commonly say of one who is intelligent and wise, that he has a head; of one who is kind, that he is a bosom-friend; of one who has clear perception, that he is keen-scented; of one who is intelligent, that he is sharp-sighted; of one who is powerful, that he has long hands; of one who wills from love, that it is from the heart.—Heaven and Hell, 90-97.
