own conjugial partner) as they would shun the loss of the soul and the
lakes of hell; and in the measure that married partners shun such
conjunctions, even in respect of libidinous desires of the will and
any intentions from them, so far love truly conjugial is purified with
them, and becomes successively spiritual.

--_Conjugial Love, nn._ 64, 71


THE HEIGHT OF SERVICE

Conjugial love is the love at the foundation of all good loves, and is
inscribed on all the least life of the human being. Its delights
therefore surpass the delights of all other loves, and it also gives
delight to other loves, in the measure of its presence and union with
them. Into it all delights from first to last are collected, on
account of the superior excellence of its use, which is the
propagation of the human race, and from it of an angelic heaven. As
this service was the supreme end of creation, all the beatitudes,
satisfaction, delights, pleasantnesses and pleasures, which the Lord
the Creator could possibly confer upon man, are gathered into this
love.

--_Conjugial Love, n._ 68


ITS WHOLE ESTATE

The states of conjugial love are Innocence, Peace, Tranquillity,
Inmost Friendship, full Confidence, and mutual desire of mind and