by Rev. Hugo Lj. Odhner

Footnotes

1 Among such "philosophical" doctrines are the doctrines of Discrete Degrees, of Order, Series, and Society, of End, Cause, and Effect, of Universals, of Forms, of Conatus and Motion, of Modifications, of Influx and Reception, of Correspondence and Representation, of Uses, of Trines, of Divine Providence, of the Grand Man and the Human Form, of the Microcosm, of the Limbus, of the Immortality of the Soul, etc. See AK 14, R Ps preface.

2 SD 650.

3 SD 2301, cp. ISB 20, TCR 508.

4 SD 1531.

5 SD 5709 ff.

6 AC 2568, 2588, 6479, cp. SD 5709 ff.

7 SD 5709 f.

8 DLW 11 ff., 285 ff., cp. The Infinite, ch. Li.

9 TCR8.

10 The references in the footnotes are intended only as suggestive samples of the doctrines.

11 SD 1603.

1l2 AC 4585 :4.

13 SD 1604 ff., 2263, 2313, 3960, 866, SD min. 4578, 4655.

14 TCR 28.

15 TCR 36 ff., AC 1990:3, 10067:3, 10267, 2531:2, DLW 28 seq.

16 DP 46.

17 AC 3207:3, 2053, 7902, 3993 :8, R. Psych. 134, 136, AK 13.

18 Princ. Li. 4, 1 Econ. 19 ff., WE 914, SD 1603, 3949, DP 35 f., cp. 168 f.

19 AC 3428, DP 219 :3, cp. 168:2.

20 1 Econ. 589.

21 DLW 40, AC 801e, HH 434.

22 DLW 14, 15.

23 CL 66, AC 4224, TCR 20.

24 DLW 209, 1 Econ. 589.

25 CL 66.

26 TCR 20 f., 53, DP 157, DLW 198, 40, 44, cp. AC 7270, CL 115 :3, AR 961.

27 See note 15.

23 DLW 53, DP 46.

29 DLW 229. Compare Ontol. 35 : "We must conceive of active and motive force, and also of nature, after the manner of substance; but they are not substance, they only appear so."

30 DLW 69, 160 f., AC 2625, 6983, TCR 27, 31.

31 AC 5173, SD 2070 (Latin), cp. Hier. Key 15 et passim, Action xxi, xxxiv.

32 TCR 33, 470, 29.

33 AC 5173, 8911, DLW 311, Fibre 266, 289 f., Hier. Key 4, 10, Action xxi, xxxi f., cp. SD 3891.

34 TCR 103, CL 220, cp. Ontol. 59.

35 Ontol. 7, 56, R. Psych. 498, DLW 7, 71.

36 AE 1218e, AC 3726 :4.

37 AC 5272 :2, 6880e, HH 137u.

38 DP 46, cp. DLW 53.

39 DLW 52, 53, 55, 57; cp. 18 (Latin).

40 TCR 335, 2 Econ. 300, 294.

41 DLW 61, 134, AC 4906e; discussed, CL 133 ff., TCR 335, cp. R. Psych. 29n, 30.

42 The analytical method versus the synthetic, AK 6-14, R Ps, 134, 136, 156. Theories are to be concluded from experiences and confirmed by them, LJ post. 315, D Wis. ii. The first rational is procured by means of the experiences of the senses, AC 2657:2. Scientifics are those things which belong to the experience of one's self and others. AC 6386e, HH 353.

43 R. Psych. 174.

44 2 Econ. 274, 276 f., 247, 1 Econ. 239, 258, R. Psych. 22, 30, 369, cp. DP 296 :14 f.

45 R. Psych. 507, 369, 2 Econ. 292-300.

46 AC 1893, DLW 23, 30, 240, 255, DP 96:4. The Rational Psychology distinguishes the connate faculty of rationality into a "Pure Intellect" which gives intuition into prime natural verities or the power of reasoning, and the "Pure Intelligence" by which the soul or spirit of man (whether good or evil) intuits spiritual truths. (R. Psych. 129, 133 f., 137 ff., 165, 525 f.)

47 AC 4570 :2, 1495 :2, 3, 2004 :2, 4658 :3, cp. TCR 8.

43 DLW 258, 266, cp. AC 1902.

49 R. Psych. 563.

50 AC 4658 :3, 2 Econ. 294, R. Psych. 525, 30, cp. 563. A universal truth is one that is "acknowledged as soon as it is heard. This is due to influx from the Lord and at the same time to confirmation by heaven." (CL 62, cp. DLW 228.)

51 AK i, Prologue; R. Psych. 563 f., AE 739 :7.

52 TCR 155, DP 317, 168.

53 SD min. 4644, AE 739 :7.

54 DP 317, TCR 131, HD 49 :4.

55 SD 1606, SD min. 4655, 4578, AC 3428. See note 3. 58 De Verbo 16, TCR 273 ff., SD 4757.

57 AC 7298, 9039, 2568, cp. TCR 12, cp. DLW 351 ff. 5s TCR 12 ; The work on "The Infinite," chap. I.

59 TCR 8-11.

60 DLW 349-357, TCR 12.

61 2 Econ. 364, R. Psych. 553 seq., 533, AK 464, 466; DP 27 seq., TCR 13, CL 402, DLW 330, Can. God vii, AC 6697, D Wis. xii. 4:3. Princ. III. ii suggests life on other planets. Cp. EU 3 ff.

62 AE 1226 :6, DP 42 f., 68 f., 203, 333, TCR 406.

62a DLW 1 ff. Love is defined in TCR 43, DLW 47. See treatment in D Love IX to XXI.

83 2 Econ. 334 ff., R. Psych. 351 seq. ; CL 444.

84 DLW 154, Can. God vii.

85 DLW 169, 230 f.

68 DLW 154, 225.

67 ISB 16.

68 AC 5711, AE 1207:2-4, 1206:3.

69 Coro. 17, 16, DLW 218, AC 9825, AE 875 :7 ; AK 229m.

70 AE 1111.

71 DLW 218 f.

72 AC 5173 :3, 8911.

73 AE 1197:2, 1196:3.

74 AC 5114 :3.

75 1 Econ. 617, Hier. Key 10, cp. Action xxxi ff.

75a CL 311.

76 DLW 331, 308, 313 ff., TCR 13 ; AK 260, 531m.

77 DLW 327 ff.

78 DLW 65-68, 170, LJ 9, AC 3702, D Wis. viii. 2.

79 TCR 67, AC 3518 :3, 5173.

80 LJ 9, TCR 71:2, 604, DLW 319 f.

81 LJ 9; 1 Econ. 7, 584e.

82 DLW 65 ff., 170, 330 ff.

83 D Wis xii. 2, AC 6879e, DP 51, 48, DLW 76, SD 4204, 3478, 3958; The Infinite, chap. I.

84 DLW 76, 155, 156, 283, 285, TCR 31:3.

85 DLW 156, TCR 31:3, cp. AE 23.

86 SD 3481, 3482.

87 DLW 55 :2, AE 1121:3, TCR 13. 8s DLW 55, TCR 33 f.

89 DLW 55, 283 ff., 198 ref's.

90 DLW 285 f., cp. TCR 43.

91 DLW 44, TCR 33.

92 TCR 29, 33, 76; DLW 294, DP 157. g3 DLW 226 f.

94 Ang. Idea.

95 DP 6, DLW 300, 155.

96 ISB 17:2, DLW 229, DP 6, TCR 20e.

97 DLW 229, CL 329, DP 6.

98 TCR 29:3, 33, 76, DLW 294, DP 157, AC 7270:2.

99 AC 7004, 8200e, 8861e, 9410 :5, 5272, 6880, 10076 :5, Ath. Cr. 191.

100 TCR 75, 76; ISB in toto; DLW 153, 154, 300. Swedenborg arrived at this concept gradually. In the Principia he only notes that there are spiritual and abstract realities beyond the scope of geometry and mechanics. (Princ. Li. 2.) In the Economy (ii. 251266) he shows the "Sun of life and of wisdom" to be the source of the Spirit of God which like mediating auras conveys life and intelligence. Later the world of Spiritual Form is presented as the domain of the immaterial human soul. (Fibre 267, cp. 289, AK 14, 17, R. Psych. 498, 431, WLG 24 q, r.) In the theological Writings, three spiritual atmospheres are described.

101 TCR 35 :11, cp. 29.

102 DLW 152, 291, cp. DP 219: Difference between "proceeding" and "creating."

103 HH 116 chap.

104 AC 7089:2, DLW 164, CL 207 :5, TCR 75 :3, 79:7, 24 :5, 280 :8, Can. God. iv. 8, LJ post. 323.

105 DLW 134e, 119, AC 8211, 6048e, 2993, 5711, AE 1207, 1209.

106 D Wis. viii. 3 (7), DLW 321.

107 AE 1207, 1196 :2, 1218 :2, 3, TCR 76 :3, Can. God iv. 10, DLW 344e, 315, 165, 167.

108 DLW 174, TCR 33, 76, ISB 16, Ang. Idea; WLG 24 q, r.

l09 DLW 302, 304.

110 AE 1210-1212, 1219, DLW 52, 173, 177 f.

111 AE 1209, Can. God iv. 7. See "Creation," by H. L. Odhner, Bryn Athyn, Pa., 1964.

112 1 Econ. 579 chap., 2 Econ. 210 f., Senses 471, Fibre 271 f., 136; ISB 16, D Love xi, Ang. Idea, DLW 185, 302.

113 D Love xi, DLW 236 f., 184, 223 ff.

114 DLW 184, 195 ; Senses 471.

115 AK 229 ; ISB 17, Coro. 17.

116 LJ post. 304, DLW 209.

117 DLW 192, 195, 213.

118 DLW 88, D Wis. xii. 4, cp. TCR 32:8.

119 DLW 209.

120 DLW 205-221, AE 726:5.

121 DLW 222 f., 225, 209, ISB 16.

122 DLW 196, 200 f.

123 TCR 27, 31:3, AC 2625, 6983, 5253 :2, DLW 69 f., 160 f., DP 51:2, AE 1212 :5 ; cp. Princ. Li.

124 2 Econ. 241 ff.; CL 415 :6, AE 1207 :2.

125 Cp. AE 1146:5.

126 Princ. III. ii. 4.

127 SD 4009, DLW 165, D Wis. viii. 3 (7).

128 The Infinite (1847 ed.) p. 10; CL 207:5, 328, TCR 79:7, 280:8, 20, Can. God iv. 8.

129 Ang. Idea.

130 Compare Aristotle, cited in Fibre 266.

131 AC 5173, 8911, 5116 :3, 9473 :2, SD 2070, HH 589, cp. DLW 218, 311 (Latin), AE 1206e, cp. 1209:4, WE 989 note.

132 AC 5173.

133 TCR 79:7, 280:8, CL 207:5, Can. God iv. 8. The concept that matter has a spiritual origin constitutes-with the doctrine of discrete degrees-a revolutionary lemma of the new philosophy.

134 TCR 20e. As the units of further compounds they may be called ‘simples: See Fibre 266, DLW 204, DP 6.

135 Action xxi.

136 DLW 89, 90, 158 f., 164 f., 175, AE 1218:2, 1207:2, ISB 9, 10, TCR 472, AC 5084:2, CL 415 :3.

137 TCR 35 :7-13.

138 LJ post. 312, AE 726:ii.

139 2 Econ. 272.

140 AE 726, ii, LJ post. 312. The Principia and the Economy list four successive elements or atmospheres, but in later works the two middle atmospheres are combined, leaving only three discrete natural atmospheres. See Senses 264, 268, WLG 22 note, cp. LJ post. 312, etc.

141 ISB 16:3, TCR 32:8, 76:3, Coro. 17, DLW 190 f., 302, AE 726 ii, LJ post. 312 f., Ang. Idea. It is a sensual fallacy to assume only one atmosphere, AC 5084:2 cf. LJ post. 266, R. Psych. 31. A suggestion of another solar atmosphere is given in SD 222.

142 DLW 302. Compare the "Lesser Principia" description of the formation of a particle of the "fifth kind" from a first element, and the Principia (of 1734) on the formation of "third finites" by compression of "first elementaries." "

143 Fibre 269, 270, AE 1209.

144 2 Econ. 231-268.

145 TCR 695:4, AE 1080:2, Ang. Wis. conc. Mar., 60, 61 (Index).

146 ISB 1:3.

147 CL 313.

148 CL 314.

149 ISB 8.

150 DLW 77 ff.

151 DP 57e.

152 TCR 470 f., AE 1126:2.

153 ISB 8, 11, 13, TCR 470 f., cp. SD 2828 f.

154 DLW 56, 57e, 130, AR 55e.

155 DLW 53, 116, ISB 8, 11, 13, TCR 504:5.

156 DLW 58, 157:2.

157 DP 53 f.

158 TCR 33.

159 DP 219:2.

160 Ibid., expl. (In DLW 290f the terms ‘proceeding' and ‘production' are

used synonymously.)

161 AC 8760 :2, 8644, 7270 :2.

162 DLW 58e, 68, AE 616:2.

163 Explained, DP 54 and context.

164 DLW 53.

165 AC 3938 :2.

166 D Wis. xii. 4:3.

167 DLW 68, TCR 110:6, 371:6.

168 HD 11, ISB 11, TCR 607:2, 472.

169 AC 7004 :2, 8719 refs.

170 AC 3702, 7270:4, 8690 :2, 6056e, AE 806:3, DLW 233, TCR 109, LJ post. 311.

171 AE 1209, SS 27, 38, cp. HH 304.

172 ISB 16, DLW 185, 302.

173 D Wis. viii. 3, xii e, HH 297, AE 1086:5.

174 CL 311.

175 HH 315, 304, D. Wis. viii., AE 175 :2.

176 DLW 88.

177 TCR 814, AC 5828:2.

178 TCR 35 :11, CL 86, HH 569.

179 AC 8439.

180 AC 8351.

181 DLW 4, TCR 473.

182 DLW 17 ff., 155, 300:2, DP 6, 190:3, LJ 12:4.

183 DLW 77 ff., 223, AR 961:4, ISB 11, TCR 366, cp. AC 4206:2.

184 2 Econ. 264, cp. AE 674 :3.

185 TCR 763, AC 4206:2.

185a AC 5850, 5862, 5990, 5993, cp. DP 296:14, 15.

186 "Intercourse of Soul and Body," London 1769.

187 ISB 1, 19, SD 4604, AC 6322, DLW 166.

188 ISB 1, 2, 19. ‘Occasional Causes' is here used to refer to the view of Descartes that the sense organs give "occasion" to our mind to form certain ideas, and that the desire of the mind can direct the body without supplying any new energy. See NEW PHILOSOPHY, April 1959, pages 33-43.

189 ISB 1, 19, LJ post. 264.

190 ISB 2, 8, 18; discussed TCR 695 f.

191 SS 102, AC 2179, 2762, 2722, 4489, 10355.

192 TCR 279, SS 102, AC 4442:3, 2179e, 464, 519. :L93 AC 9407:4, HH 87, SS 20.

194 AC 5223, 7097, DP 255:2, WH (Appendix). l05 AC 2179e, 3179e, 4966, 1756 :2.

196 SS 22 f.

197 TCR 206, AC 4581.

198 Paracelsus et al.

199 princ. I. ii. 16, 19, 21, iii. 13.

200 Cerebrum 603-605, 1 Econ. 651, R. Psych. 567.

201 AK 293 and note u.

202 AC in toto, WIT 16.

203 SS 26, 56, De Ver. 58.

204 TCR 75, Can. God, iv, 1, 14, DLW 394, cp. 185.

205 AC 5423, HH 89 ff.

206 AE 593 :2e, Can. God iv. 1, 14, TCR 75, 33, 78, AC 9396 :3, D. Wis ii. 3, xii. 5 :3.

207 DLW 88 f., 218 f.

208 AC 4525, SS 67e.

209 DLW 83e, HH 112, 168.

210 AE 1086 :6, 597, 726 :5-7, AC 8615, Inv. 59, DLW 219.

211 SS 67e, AC 3286e, 3928, SD 2157 ff., 3474, 5552, SD min. 4645 f.

212 HH 112, DLW 324, AC 4223.

213 DLW 88.

214 AC 4523, 6013, 9555, SD 4063, 4066e, TCR 585, 499 :2, AE 1197:2, 1198:2 1208:5; cp. WLG 20 m.

215 AC 196 :3, 3747, cf CL 151a.

216 AE 1043 :2, DP 69.

217 DLW 318 :2, CL 186:2.

218 DLW 77, 223 :3.

219 DLW 56, 59, 52, TCR 33 f., 65.

220 Princ. I. x. 8.

221 DLW 66, TCR 67.

222 AC 6057, LJ 9.

223 DLW 319 f., 52, TCR 71, 604; 1 Econ. 584e.

224 AC 4523, SD 4066, 2 Econ. 196.

225 TCR 71, 604.

226 HH 38 :2, D Love xi :2, DLW 190, 184e, 207, 2 Econ. 244e. When a compound form is dissolved, it reverts to the prior form. Fibre 273, cp. AC 5114 :4, 5146 :2.

227 Fibre 261-273.

228 Fibre 266 b, cp. SD 3484.

229 Fibre 267, 289 f.

280 Fibre 268.

231 Fibre 269 f., cp. DLW 315, 344, AE 1207, 1209.

232 Fibre 289.

233 DLW 229, DP 6, TCR 20e, ISB 17:2, CL 329, SD 3482-3484. In the earlier works, as in Fibre 266 a, the term ‘simple' is often used to describe the least compounded as the primitive of nature. In the Writings, however, the contemporary terms ‘simple substance' and ‘mathematical points' are rejected because they connote something unsubstantial and empty, an ens rationis devoid of real attributes, constituents, qualities, or substance.

234 TCR 66, Inv. 48, DLW 52, 285 :3, AE 1119 :2, 1208.

235 AC 9555, DLW 61 f., AE 1197 :3, 1203, 1208.

236 SD 3576 f., 3939 f., 1625, cp. AC 2658e.

237 AE 1206 :2, 3, 1209 f., DP 4 :3.

238 DLW 313, 315, 346, AE 1208, D Love viii.

239 AC 1276, 6807, 9276:6, EU 5, 9, HH 59, SD 3419, D Love vi, xiii. 3, TCR 119.

240 HH 68, DLW 24, D Love vi, SD 1145J, 4064 ff., 3972, 3148, CL 10:8.

241 TCR 762, AE 641, 948 :2, 3, cp. 670.

242 TCR 762, AC 1551, 2905 :2, 5658 :2, HH 115, AE 411 :4, cp. CL 73 et seq. ; Coro. 2-4, i-lv.

243 CLJ 11-13, LJ 73 f., TCR 784, DP 250, 252.

244 AC 286.

245 AC 8118 :3 ; Coro., Summary; HD 81 ref's.

246 AC 6493e, 5508 :2, DP 212.

247 AC 6487, SD min. 4692, DP 97, 234, 129 chap., SD 2874.

248 HH 296, AC 6058, DP 162 f., 285e.

249 AC 641, 645.

249a SS 20, 21, 117, AC 2762:4, 4966, TCR 11, Coro. 38, WH (Appendix 4).

250 EU 113-122.

251 AE 726 :5-7.

252 TCR 779, 786 ff.

253 AE 1119 :2, 1208:3, AC 4223 :2, 4926.

254 AE 1209, DLW 315, 343 f., Cf. Fibre 269 f.

255 AE 1201, 1210.

258 DLW 66, 67, 239, 432, AE 1201.

257 LJ 25, HH 39, ISB 8, AC 1999 :3, 4.

258 DLW 346, 255, AE 1201:4, 1212, cp. 2 Econ. 338 ff. The primitive of an animal at death relapses into nature. D Wis. viii. 2 (6), iii. 4 (3).

259 AE 1212, AC 5114e.

260 LJ 14, D Wis. viii, cp. R Ps. 528, 2 Econ. 364.

261 DLW 257, 345, 362, 265 f., CL 178, 5 Mem. 5, cp. R Ps. 174.

262 TCR 38e, 583 798 DP 319, D Wis. vii. 2:4. Cp. SD 2794, 2837.

263 HH 432, DLW 257, CL 315 :11, 2 Econ. 232.

264 ISB 1, 19, TCR 280, 695, DLW 166, AC 5119, R Ps. 158 seq., 167.

265 AC 6322, 3721, 5779, SD 3635, 3671 f., 4609, R Ps. 174.

266 DLW 219, AC 9293, 9473.

267 DLW 387, SD 1970, 3891, 4010.

268 Cp. SD min. 4645, 2 Econ. 358, 315.

269 TCR 103 DLW 257, 388, DP 220, D Wis. viii, 2, 3.

270 Ibid., LJ 14.

271 Psychologica, The Infinite, ch. ii, Mech. S. B., 2 Econ.

272 1 Econ. 635-638, 2 Econ. 166 f., 199, 270, 313, Fibre 266b.

273 2 Econ. 314.

274 2 Econ. 315.

275 2 Econ. 312.

276 2 Econ. 348 ff., 351, 354.

277 SD 3459.

278 1 Econ. 635-638, 650 f., 2 Econ. 166, 167, 206, 225, 199, 270, 272, 313 f., Fibre 266b, Senses 318. The terms 'spirituous fluid' and ‘animal spirits' are used by Swedenborg with varying meanings. For a history of the concept, see NEW PHILOSOPHY, 1933:218 seq., 234 seq.

279 DP 220, DLW 423, D Wis. x. 6e.

280 OPS 3, R Ps. 424, 1 Econ. 247 seq., TCR 103 (bis), D. Wis. iii. 2, CL 183:4, 220, D Love ii, DLW 269. The principle is generally called 'traducianism.'

281 DLW 257, TCR 583.

282 BE 110:2, DP 319, 326:5, CL 524 ii, cp. 2 Econ. 315.

283 1 Econ. 269-271, 2 Econ. 314, SD 831, 914, 1035, 1037, TCR 103, AE 1209e, 1201:3.

284 1 Econ. 249, OPS 3, DLW 432.

285 For a study of "The Human Mind," see seven articles in the NEW PHILOSOPHY 1954-1956.

286 DLW 236, 239, 432. 2s7 DLW 252, AE 790b :8, 625 :5. 288 AC 2106, cp. 3570.

289 DLW 330, 237.

290 DLW 240, 30, DP 285.

291 Econ. 325 f., R Ps. 528, 326 f., 475.

292 DLW 264, cf CL 444.

293 Coro. 28, cp. R Ps. 351-400 2 Econ. 317 seq., 326 seq.

294 SD min. 4645 f., SD 4037 ff., 5552, AC 4901:3, HH 466, 345, cp. 2 Econ. 358.

295 TCR 583, 798, CL 315 :11, HH 463.

296 AC 9922 :2, 2471, 2476, 2493 f., SD 2154, 3234, R Ps. 530.

297 TCR 394 ff., cp. R Ps. 475.

298 DLW 270, 432, 345, TCR 34, SD 2829, 3474, cp. R Ps. 528.

299 ISB 8, AC 1999, HH 39, LJ 25, WE 649. It is to be noted that what is called ‘the soul' and ‘the spiritual mind' in the Rational Psychology is not identical with what the Writings mean by the same terms, but may be either good or evil, yet always endowed with a ‘pure intelligence.' (R Ps. 527, 423, 429 f., 496. )

300 The term ‘soul' has various meanings. See DLW 394 :2, SD 2756, 2829, 3474.

301 DLW 60, AR 222 :3, DP 58e, TCR 718.

302 TCR 369, 371.

303 AC 10729 :2, 2554, 9378, 10632 :3, TCR 787.

304 Cp. The Infinite, I.x., Princ. I.i. 4e.

304a AC 1906, 1738, 2284, 5342, 6156.

305 Cp. DLW 209

306 AC 4574:3, AE 948 :4, TCR 443, CL 164.

307 Life 108, TCR 444.

308 TCR 459:13, AE 182, D Wis. xi. 8:5.

309 HD 11, AC 7754, TCR 472.

310 2 Econ. 366, R Ps. 538, 559, WE 472, 474 et seq.

-The New Philosophy 1965;68:40-74

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