functions of the heart and lungs in man. It is on account of this
correspondence that in the Word the "heart" signifies the will and
also good of love, and the "breath" of the lungs signifies the
understanding and the truth of faith. For the same reason affections
are ascribed to the heart, although they are neither in it nor from
it.{1}

{Footnote 1} The correspondence of the heart and lungs with the
Greatest Man, which is heaven, from experience (n. 3883-3896),
The heart corresponds to those in the celestial kingdom, and
the lungs to those in the spiritual kingdom (n. 3885-3887).
There is in heaven a pulse like that of the heart, and a
respiration like that of the lungs but interior (n. 3884, 3885,
3887). There the pulse of the heart varies in conformity to
states of love, and the respiration in conformity to states of
charity and faith (n. 3886, 3887, 3889). In the Word the
"heart" means the will, and "from the heart" means from the
will (n. 2930, 7542, 8910, 9113, 10336). In the Word the
"heart" also signifies love, and "from the heart" means from
love (7542, 9050, 10336).


96. The correspondence of the two kingdoms of heaven with the heart
and lungs is the general correspondence of heaven with man. There is
a less general correspondence with each one of his members, organs,
and viscera; and what this is shall also be explained. In the
Greatest Man, which is heaven, those that are in the head excel all
others in every good, being in love, peace, innocence, wisdom,
intelligence, and consequent joy and happiness. These flow into the
head of man and the things belonging to the head and corresponding