after the image of heaven, and the external after the image of
the world, and this is why man was called by the ancients a
microcosm (n. 3628, 4523, 5115, 6013, 6057, 9279, 9706, 10156,
10472). Thus man is respect to his interiors is by creation a
heaven in least form after the image of the greatest; and such
also man becomes when he has been created anew or regenerated
by the Lord (n. 911, 1900, 1928, 3624-3631, 3634, 3884, 4041,
4279, 4523, 4524, 4625, 6013, 6057, 9279, 9632).


31. The Divine that flows in from the Lord and is received in the
third or inmost heaven is called celestial, and in consequence the
angels there are called celestial angels; the Divine that flows in
from the Lord and is received in the second or middle heaven is
called spiritual, and in consequence the angels there are called
spiritual angels; while the Divine that flows in from the Lord and is
received in the outmost or first heaven is called natural; but as the
natural of that heaven is not like the natural of the world, but has
the spiritual and the celestial within it, that heaven is called the
spiritual-natural and the celestial-natural, and in consequence the
angels there are called spiritual-natural and celestial-natural.{1}
Those who receive influx from the middle or second heaven, which is
the spiritual heaven, are called spiritual-natural; and those who
receive influx from the third or inmost heaven, which is the
celestial heaven, are called celestial-natural. The spiritual-natural
angels and the celestial-natural angels are distinct from each other;
nevertheless they constitute one heaven, because they are in one
degree.

{Footnote 1} There are three heavens, inmost, middle, and