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Mysterium Magnum, Part Two

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  • 6. What the seventh form is 1-13
  • 6. of the seven forms, conditions or properties of the eternal

nature 14, et seq.

6. of the out-birth or manifestation of the seven forms, conditions or properties 21-24

7. How seven forms or properties are in all things 18

20. of four forms or properties in man 33, et seq.

40. How in the moving of nature two forms or properties divided
themselves 7,8
Free Longing

3. The free longing or lubet is no property 6
Fruits

70. What the fruits signify, which Jacob commanded his children to carry along with them 33, et seq.

G
Gad

77. The Testament of Gad, and the figure thereof. 26, et seq.

Germany

45. How Germany shall be blinded by a star shining from east to
west 12-14
Globe

18. Moses' Tables written on a globe 20, 21

God

1. What God is 2

2. Where God dwells 8

3. Where God is called Father and Son 7

CHAP. God VERSE

5. How God is in the darkness and in the light 10

8. How God wills good and evil 24

  • 19. It is idolatrous to portray God as a man 27
  • 36. why God became man 65, 66
  • 43. How reason thinks that God dwells only above the stars

and firmament 2, 3

43. Where God dwells according to love and anger 4

43. How God sees in the devils and in the wicked soul 5, et seq.

43. How that is understood where it is said, The cry was come

God 6
60. How God is manifested in the thrones of the holy angels, and of

the devils 45, 46

Good

2. of what God made the good and the evil 4, et seq.

  • 3. How out of the eternal Good evil is come to be 1, et seq.
  • 3. By what good is known 22

22. To whom we must do good, to whom not 81, 82

71. How the eternal Good became creaturely 14, et seq.

Goshen

72. What the land of Goshen signifies 18

73. of the figure typified by Goshen 31, et seq.

Government

22.
66.

Whence the earthly government arises 74 How the governor in the office of Joseph governs in Christendom 12, et seq.

Gulf

8. The gulf between darkness and light, and between the holy world and the dark world 22, 23

Guts

19. How the guts and entrails were added to Adam and Eve 19
H
Hagar

  • 40. of the history and most wonderful prefiguration of the Spirit of God, by Hagar, Sarah's maid-servant, and her son Ishmael, of his casting out from the inheritance, and of Isaac's inheritance 1-100
  • 46. The figure of Hagar's casting out, and the birth of Isaac. 8-15
  • 46. A noble figure concerning forsaken nature, by Hagar and her son

16-23

CHAP. Ham VERSE

31. What Ham is in the Language of Nature 7

  • 32. why Ham's image was cursed by his father 9
  • 34. How Ham's spirit at present has the government in Christendom 37, et seq.

37. What in Ham and Cain is cursed 35
Hanoch

29. What Hanoch signifies in the Language of Nature 28,29

Hardened. Hardening
61. why man continues hardened 23,42

61. How the hardening is not from the purpose of God 66, et seq.

Head

23. What it is to tread upon or break the head of the Serpent 32 ,37
Heaven

  • 5. of the fullness of joy in heaven 5
  • 8. Heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28
  • 10. What we are to understand by the two words, Himmel and Erde, heaven and earth 47, et seq.

Heels

23. What the stinging in the heels is 33, 34

Hell

3. The true original of the dark world or hell, into which the devils are thrust 2

4. Whence hell has its name 16

  • 5. What and where hell and the dark world is
  • 8. How heaven is in hell and hell in heaven

p. 9

p. 28

Herdsmen

73. The figure of this, that Joseph's brethren must say before

Pharaoh that they were herdsmen 35, et seq.

Hirah

65. What Hirah of Odollam is in the figure 21

Honest

66. How all things must serve to the best for those that are honest or virtuous and fear God 68, et seq.

CHAP. Hunter VERSE

35. of the hunter or driver and his office 36
I

Idols

  • 37. The original of the heathenish idols, and their oracles 7-12
  • 59. of Rachel's idol-gods 9-18

Image. Images

21. How the heavenly image that God created in Adam, is capable of the kingdom of God 14

68. How the makers of images are threatened by the anger of God 26-31

Infidelity

51. How infidelity is as great in one people as in another 42 ,43

Interpretations. Interpreter

37. By what understanding interpretations are made 10, et seq.

69. What the interpreter, by whom Joseph speaks, signifies 35

Isaac

40. why Isaac was chosen and appointed to the inheritance. 39, 40

46. of Isaac's birth, and Ishmael's casting out with his mother Hagar:

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  • 6. What the seventh form is 1-13
  • 6. of the seven forms, conditions or properties of the eternal

nature 14, et seq.

6. of the out-birth or manifestation of the seven forms, conditions or properties 21-24

7. How seven forms or properties are in all things 18

20. of four forms or properties in man 33, et seq.

40. How in the moving of nature two forms or properties divided
themselves 7,8
Free Longing

3. The free longing or lubet is no property 6
Fruits

70. What the fruits signify, which Jacob commanded his children to carry along with them 33, et seq.

G
Gad

77. The Testament of Gad, and the figure thereof. 26, et seq.

Germany

45. How Germany shall be blinded by a star shining from east to
west 12-14
Globe

18. Moses' Tables written on a globe 20, 21

God

1. What God is 2

2. Where God dwells 8

3. Where God is called Father and Son 7

CHAP. God VERSE

5. How God is in the darkness and in the light 10

8. How God wills good and evil 24

  • 19. It is idolatrous to portray God as a man 27
  • 36. why God became man 65, 66
  • 43. How reason thinks that God dwells only above the stars

and firmament 2, 3

43. Where God dwells according to love and anger 4

43. How God sees in the devils and in the wicked soul 5, et seq.

43. How that is understood where it is said, The cry was come

God 6
60. How God is manifested in the thrones of the holy angels, and of

the devils 45, 46

Good

2. of what God made the good and the evil 4, et seq.

  • 3. How out of the eternal Good evil is come to be 1, et seq.
  • 3. By what good is known 22

22. To whom we must do good, to whom not 81, 82

71. How the eternal Good became creaturely 14, et seq.

Goshen

72. What the land of Goshen signifies 18

73. of the figure typified by Goshen 31, et seq.

Government

22.
66.

Whence the earthly government arises 74 How the governor in the office of Joseph governs in Christendom 12, et seq.

Gulf

8. The gulf between darkness and light, and between the holy world and the dark world 22, 23

Guts

19. How the guts and entrails were added to Adam and Eve 19
H
Hagar

  • 40. of the history and most wonderful prefiguration of the Spirit of God, by Hagar, Sarah's maid-servant, and her son Ishmael, of his casting out from the inheritance, and of Isaac's inheritance 1-100
  • 46. The figure of Hagar's casting out, and the birth of Isaac. 8-15
  • 46. A noble figure concerning forsaken nature, by Hagar and her son

16-23

CHAP. Ham VERSE

31. What Ham is in the Language of Nature 7

  • 32. why Ham's image was cursed by his father 9
  • 34. How Ham's spirit at present has the government in Christendom 37, et seq.

37. What in Ham and Cain is cursed 35
Hanoch

29. What Hanoch signifies in the Language of Nature 28,29

Hardened. Hardening
61. why man continues hardened 23,42

61. How the hardening is not from the purpose of God 66, et seq.

Head

23. What it is to tread upon or break the head of the Serpent 32 ,37
Heaven

  • 5. of the fullness of joy in heaven 5
  • 8. Heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28
  • 10. What we are to understand by the two words, Himmel and Erde, heaven and earth 47, et seq.

Heels

23. What the stinging in the heels is 33, 34

Hell

3. The true original of the dark world or hell, into which the devils are thrust 2

4. Whence hell has its name 16

  • 5. What and where hell and the dark world is
  • 8. How heaven is in hell and hell in heaven

p. 9

p. 28

Herdsmen

73. The figure of this, that Joseph's brethren must say before

Pharaoh that they were herdsmen 35, et seq.

Hirah

65. What Hirah of Odollam is in the figure 21

Honest

66. How all things must serve to the best for those that are honest or virtuous and fear God 68, et seq.

CHAP. Hunter VERSE

35. of the hunter or driver and his office 36
I

Idols

  • 37. The original of the heathenish idols, and their oracles 7-12
  • 59. of Rachel's idol-gods 9-18

Image. Images

21. How the heavenly image that God created in Adam, is capable of the kingdom of God 14

68. How the makers of images are threatened by the anger of God 26-31

Infidelity

51. How infidelity is as great in one people as in another 42 ,43

Interpretations. Interpreter

37. By what understanding interpretations are made 10, et seq.

69. What the interpreter, by whom Joseph speaks, signifies 35

Isaac

40. why Isaac was chosen and appointed to the inheritance. 39, 40

46. of Isaac's birth, and Ishmael's casting out with his mother Hagar:

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