126. XV. LIGHT AND HEAT IN HEAVEN.

That there is light in the heavens those who think from nature alone
cannot comprehend; and yet such is the light in the heavens that it
exceeds by many degrees the noon-day light of the world. That light I
have often seen, even during the evening and night. At first I
wondered when I heard the angels say that the light of this world is
little more than a shadow in comparison with the light of heaven; but
having seen it I can testify that it is so. The brightness and
splendor of the light of heaven are such as cannot be described. All
things that I have seen in the heavens have been seen in that light,
thus more clearly and distinctly than things in this world.


127. The light of heaven is not a natural light, like the light of
the world, but a spiritual light, because it is from the Lord as a
sun, and that sun is the Divine love (as has been shown in the
foregoing chapter). That which goes forth from the Lord as a sun is
called in the heavens Divine truth, but in its essence it is Divine
good united to Divine truth. From this the angels have light and
heat, light from Divine truth, and heat from Divine good. As the
light of heaven, and the heat also, are from such a source, it is
evident that they are spiritual and not natural.{1}

{Footnote 1} All light in the heavens is from the Lord as a sun
(n. 1053, 1521, 3195, 3341, 3636, 3643, 4415, 9548, 9684,
10809). The Divine truth that goes forth from the Lord appears
in heaven as light, and furnishes all the light of heaven (n.
3195, 3222, 3223, 5400, 8644, 9399, 9548, 9684).