{Footnote 1} Those in the hells, in their own light, which is like the light from burning coals, appear to themselves as men but in the light of heaven they appear as monsters (n. 4531, 4533, 4674, 5057, 5058, 6605, 6626).

132.  As Divine truth is light in the heavens, so all truths wherever they are, whether within an angel or outside of him, or whether within the heavens or outside of them, emit light.  Nevertheless, truths outside of the heavens do not shine as truths within the heavens do.  Truths outside of the heavens shine coldly, like something snowy, without heat, because they do not draw their essence from good, as truths within the heavens do; therefore that cold light vanishes as soon as the light of heaven falls on it, and if there is evil underneath it it is turned into darkness.  This I have occasionally seen, with many other noteworthy things about the shining of truth, which must be omitted here.

133.  Something shall now be said about the heat of heaven.  That heat in its essence is love.  It goes forth from the Lord as a sun, which is Divine love in the Lord and from the Lord, as has been shown in the preceding chapter.  It is evident, therefore, that the heat of heaven, like the light of heaven, is spiritual, because from the same source.{1} There are two things that go forth from the Lord as a sun, Divine truth and Divine good; Divine truth is manifested in the heavens as light, and Divine good as heat; and yet Divine truth and Divine good are so united that they are not two, but one.  Nevertheless, with angels they are separate, for there are angels that receive more of Divine good than of Divine truth, and there are those that receive more of Divine truth than of Divine good.  Those who receive more of Divine good are in the Lord’s celestial kingdom, and those who receive more of Divine truth are in His spiritual kingdom.  Those that receive both in a like degree are the most perfect angels.

{Footnote 1} There are two sources of heat and also two sources of light, the sun of the world and the sun of heaven (n. 3338, 5215, 7324).  Heat from the Lord as a sun is affection of love (n. 3636, 3643).  Therefore spiritual heat in its essence is love (n. 2146, 3338, 3339, 6314).

134.  The heat of heaven, like the light of heaven, is everywhere different.  It is different in the celestial kingdom from what it is in the spiritual kingdom, and it is different in each society therein.  It differs both in degree and in quality.  It is more intense and more pure in the Lord’s celestial kingdom, because the angels there receive more of Divine good; and it is less intense and pure in His spiritual kingdom, because the angels there receive more of Divine truth.  Also in each society the heat differs in accordance with reception.  There is heat in the hells, but it is unclean heat.{1} The heat in heaven is what is meant by holy and heavenly fire, and the heat of hell by profane and infernal