{Footnote 1} Heaven as a whole is divided into two kingdoms, a
celestial kingdom and a spiritual kingdom (n. 3887, 4138). The
angels of the celestial kingdom receive the Divine of the lord
in their voluntary part, thus more interiorly than the
spiritual angels, who receive it in their intellectual part (n.
5113, 6367, 8521, 9936, 9995, 10124).


22. As the angels that constitute the celestial kingdom receive the
Divine of the Lord more interiorly they are called interior and also
higher angels; and for the same reason the heavens that they
constitute are called interior and higher heavens.{1} They are called
higher and lower, because these terms designate what is interior and
what is exterior.{2}

{Footnote 1} The heavens that constitute the celestial kingdom
are called higher while those that constitute the spiritual
kingdom are called lower (n. 10068).

{Footnote 2} Interior things are portrayed by higher things,
and higher things signify interior things (n. 2148, 3084, 4599,
5146, 8325).


23. The love in which those are, who are in the celestial kingdom is
called celestial love, and the love in which those are who are in the
spiritual kingdom is called spiritual love. Celestial love is love to
the Lord, and spiritual love is love towards the neighbor. And as all
good pertains to love (for good to any one is what he loves) the good