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Doc. 300.] THE HORSE AND HIEROGLYPHICS. 755
clearly from the first commandment of the Decalogue, which
says, "
Thou shalt not make unto thee graven images of any
form, that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt
not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I am Jehovah,
thy God’ (Deut. v, 8, 9) ; besides several other places. Since
that time the knowledge of correspondences has been obliter
ated, and, indeed, gradually to such an extent, that scarcely
any one at the present day knows that that knowledge ever
existed, and that it is of any consequence. But as the Lord
is now about to establish a new church, which is to be based
on the Word, and which is understood by the New Jerusalem
in the Book of Revelation, it has pleased the Lord to reveal
that knowledge, and thus to open the Word, such as it is
interiorly in its bosom, or in its internal sense. This was
done by me in the Arcana Coelestia published in London, and
afterwards in the ’Apocalypse Revealed’ published in Amster
dam. As the knowledge of correspondences in the eyes of
the ancients was the knowledge of knowledges, and as their
wisdom was derived thence, it is of importance that some one
connected with your Academy should cultivate this knowledge,
which may be done chiefly by means of the correspondences
disclosed in the ’Apocalypse Revealed,’ and proved from the
Word. Should it be desired, I am willing to explain the
Egyptian hieroglyphics, which are nothing but correspondences,
and to publish my explanation. This also is a work which
no other person can accomplish.
"EM. SWEDENBORG. "
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