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998 [Doc. 313.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
same time, as they are contained in the same original codex. In
the second of these treatises we read in no. VII, 1., "I have been
in daily intercourse with angels and the spirits of the departed from
1744 to the present day, and thus during nineteen years;" from which
it follows that the treatise on the "Divine Wisdom" was written in
1763. That on "Divine Love," however, was probably commenced
by the author soon after his return to Sweden in the autumn of 1762.
The object of the treatise on "Divine Love" is to show that
the Lord alone is love itself, because life itself, and that men and
angels are only recipients of life. It further shows that man, and
hence humanity in general, in order to be forms receptive of Divine
Love, must be forms of use in one complex. The nature of uses as
the expressions of the affections is afterwards shown; and likewise
that man in proportion as he becomes an affection of uses fulfils
his destiny in the world, and becomes truly a man.
In the treatise on "Divine Wisdom" man’s formation is first
minutely described, and then an analogy is drawn between man’s
first formation and his regeneration. Afterwards the nature of man’s
spirit is explained, and it is shown that all angels and spirits had
to be born as men on one of the earths. Then follows a discussion
on the conjunction of love and wisdom, charity and faith; and a
definition is given of love and charity on the one hand, and of
wisdom and faith on the other ; faith is defined as knowing and
thinking spiritual, moral, and civil truths, and charity as willing and
doing them. In conclusion it is shown how the Lord as the sun of
the spiritual world sustains the whole universe. In an appendix
follows "the angelic idea respecting the creation of the universe by
the Lord."
Both of these treatises were identified at an early period with
the "Apocalypse Explained," of which they are, however, thoroughly
independent. For further particulars, see Document 310, Codex 13.
1763. (124.) Sapientia Angelica de Divino Amore et de
Divina Sapientia (Angelic Wisdom respecting the Divine
Love and the Divine Wisdom). Amsterdam, 1763,
pp. 151, 4to.
This treatise explains the philosophical foundation on which the
doctrinal system of the New Jerusalem rests. As its title indicates,
the author acquired a knowledge of the subjects discussed therein
chiefly among the angels of heaven. As preparatory steps towards
this work may be considered the "Doctrine of the Lord," in the
"Apocalypse Explained," nos. 1111-1131 , and the dissertations on
"The Life of animals and the soul of plants," showing the influx ofthe
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