173.  The things that come forth in heaven do not come forth in the same manner as those on the earth.  All things in heaven come forth from the Lord in correspondence with the interiors of the angels.  For angels have both interiors and exteriors.  All things in their interiors have relation to love and faith, thus to the will and understanding, since the will and understanding are their receptacles; while their exteriors correspond to their interiors.  That exterior things correspond to interior things may be seen above (n. 87-115).  This is illustrated by what has been said above about the heat and light of heaven, that angels have heat in accordance with the quality of their love, and light in accordance with the quality of their wisdom (n. 128-134).  The like is true of all other things that present themselves to the senses of angels.

174.  When I have been permitted to be in company with angels, the things there appeared precisely the same as those in the world; and so plainly that I would not have known that I was not in the world and in a king’s palace.  I also talked with the angels as man with man.

175.  As all things that correspond to interiors also represent them they are called representatives; and as they differ in each case in accordance with the state of the interiors they are called appearances.  Nevertheless, the things that appear before the eyes of angels in heaven and are perceived by their senses appear to their eyes and senses as fully living as things on earth appear to man, and even much more clearly, distinctly and perceptibly.  Appearances from this source in heaven are called real appearances, because they have real existence.  There are appearances also that are not real, which are things that become visible, but do not correspond to interiors.{1} These will be treated of further on.

{Footnote 1} All things that are visible to the angels are representative (n. 1971, 3213-3226, 3342, 3457, 3475, 3485, 9481, 9457, 9576, 9577).  The heavens are full of representatives (n. 1521, 1532, 1619).  The representatives are more beautiful as they are more interior in the heavens (n. 3475).  As the representatives there are from the light of heaven they are real appearances (n. 3485).  The Divine influx is turned into representatives in the higher heavens, and therefrom in the lower heavens also (n. 2179, 3213, 9457, 9481, 9576, 9577).  Those things are called representative that appear before the eyes of the angels in such form as are in nature, that is, such as are in the world (n. 9457).  Internal things are thus turned into external (n. 1632, 2987-3002).  What representatives in the heavens are; this made clear by various examples (n. 1521, 1532, 1619-1628, 1807, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 2299, 2601, 2761, 2762, 3217, 3219, 3220, 3348, 3350, 5198, 9090, 10276).  All things seen in the heavens are in accordance with correspondences and are called representatives (n. 3213-3226, 3342,