ARCANA COELESTIA INDEX 2

Editor/Translator's Preface

This index was compiled but not published by Swedenborg himself. It is an English translation based on the previous translation by the Rev. James Hyde in 1909, and on the Latin text transcribed and edited by John Elliot in 2004, both of which were sponsored by the Swedenborg Society of London.

Edited, Revised and Published by Heavenly Doctrine Publishing Foundation

Kempton, PA - November 2021

© Heavenly Doctrine Publishing Foundation 2021

The passages in this work are from the second index that Swedenborg made, or started, for the Arcana Colestia. It covers just the first two (of eight) Latin volumes, but the following preface addresses both indexes.

[%2] Preface for the electronic text of the English translation of the Indexes to the Arcana Coelestia written by Swedenborg and based on Hyde's translation.

Recently the Heavenly Doctrine Publishing Foundation (HDPF) sponsored the scanning of the entire collection of the works of Swedenborg at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. This collection includes most of the first editions and manuscripts of the theological, philosophical and scientific works written by Swedenborg. Among the manuscripts are many volumes or codices of indexes to the Sacred Scripture and to some of the theological works. They include two indexes to The Arcana Coelestia. The First Index is a draft of an index to all of The Arcana Coelestia, the Second Index is a fair copy of the first index, but only for the Latin volumes 1 and 2 of the 8 volumes published. This Second Index is not a direct copy of the First, but the entries are often edited and rearranged or combined. The fair copy of the index for the first volume was clearly not made at the same time as the fair copy of the index for the second volume. For more information about the manuscripts and these indexes see the introduction written by John Elliot, found in the preface to the electronic edition of the second Latin edition of The Arcana Coelestia Indexes.

As the HDPF is desirous of making the scans of the Swedenborg collection available in the most accessible and usable form, we have undertaken to link these scans to the Latin electronic texts. This is done in such a way that the scans of the original manuscripts can be displayed together with the Latin e-texts of the same page. For many students of the Heavenly Doctrine, this study is greatly enhanced by having an English translation which matches the Latin text of these Indexes subject by subject. But it turned out that there were no such English translations available that followed the original text of the Latin. The Latin text was accurately transcribed and edited by John Elliot in 2004 for the Swedenborg Society, made from the phototypes made by Alfred Stroh in 1904 from the actual manuscripts.

The HDPF therefore decided to rework the translation by the Rev. James Hyde, which in general was faithful, accurate and clear. We are indebted to the Stairs Project for sharing their scan of Hyde's translation with the HDPF. But Hyde's translation combined the two indexes into one, reordered the subjects into subheadings in many cases, and included an index composed by Dr. Beyer, and supplementary entries made by Dr. Jo. Fr. Im. Tafel, which were added to fill in for subjects which were on lost pages of the original manuscripts. Such an index might well serve usefully for studying The Arcana Coelestia, but it did not serve the HDPF as a parallel translation to the Latin text, parallel to the original manuscripts. After several years of work of revision, including work done by the Rev. Derrick Lumsden, the HDPF has rearranged and edited the English translation of James Hyde into a text which closely parallels Elliott's Second Latin Edition of Swedenborg's two Indexes to the Arcana Coelestia.

[%3] We have formatted these indexes to match as much as possible the format of the electronic text we made of the Second Edition of the Latin Indexes to The Arcana Coelestia. The changes we made to Hyde's translation are the following:

The Latin word was added in parentheses after each English translation, and the "To" was removed after the verbs. Where Hyde had:

Laugh, To, Laughter (ridere, risus),

we simplified and clarified this to:

Laugh (Ridere), Laughter (Risus).

The # sign followed by a number has been added in front of words being cross referenced by the word vide. This allows the program to display that word when it is double clicked, and also makes it easier for those using the a text file to locate that word in the book; e.g.,

3. Abihu, Vide #982 Nadab.

Each entry followed by references to the Arcana Coelestia, or a reference to another subject in the index, was put on a separate line, rather than listed together in one paragraph. In doing this, we restored the original order of the entries. So instead of:

14. Heap (Acervus). In ancient times they had heaps; and afterwards altars in their place, 4192. Heap d. good, 4192. A heap d. truth and good received, 9145. Standing grain d. truth and good in conception, 9146.

We have:

14. Heap (Acervus). Heap d. good, 4192.

In ancient times they had heaps; and afterwards altars in their place, 4192.

A heap d. truth and good received, 9145.

Standing grain d. truth and good in conception, 9146.

We also added subsection markers, such as [%2] or [%3]. They were added to help in finding words in subjects with many entries, such as Dominus and Verbum. They were also used to divide the text at, or close to, where the entries for a specific subject continues from one page to the another. This allows for scrolling the Latin text alongside the manuscript pages; e.g.

All consanguinity in heaven is from good, and proceeds therefrom, 3815.

[%2] Consanguinities and affinities in the other life take place according to good, 4121.

Here in the manuscript the subject is continued on the facing page. The % sign was added to indicate that the subsection only contains a portion of the entries for a specific subject in the index.

[%4] In using the translation of the Rev. James Hyde we inherited some nuances and abbreviations which need to be understood when using this translation of the Indexes to the Arcana Coelestia. He used d. for denote, s. for signify, r. for represent, and c. for correspond. Whenever the words signify, represent or correspond were spelled out in the original, we have tried to change this to full spelling. But where d., for denote, actually represents the verb to be, we have left the d. abbreviation; e.g.,

"Field d. the Church, 3766." stands for "Quod ager sit Ecclesia 3766." And wherever s. is used fill the blank where there is no Latin word at all we have left the s. abbreviation; e.g., "What Gaza s., 1210." stands for "Quid Assa 1210." At times when Hyde inserted another word as well both the word the s. are enclosed in square brackets; e.g., "151. Bared (Bared). What [Bared s.], 1958." stands for "Bared. Quid 1958." [%5] Since Hyde's translation was not based on the transcription by the Re John Elliott in 2004, but rather on the transcription by Dr. R. L. Tafel in 1890, there are many places where not only a single entry was left out needed be translated, but also whole sections. Along with this came a difference of opinion as what references insert if the number in the manuscript did not seem contain what was referred to. Elliott proved more cautious on this than Hyde when they disagreed often just a # sign was inserted in this text. When there was time, the references themselves were looked at again, as both Elliott Hyde had done this previously if there was a doubt, Hyde's choice was put in in square brackets while what is in the manuscript is put in parentheses. An example of this is the following entry for the subject Celestial: What the celestial-spiritual is, [2184:4,] (2189), where Hyde substitutes in 2184:4, but Elliott lets 2189 stand as it is. If both Elliot and Hyde agree, the number is written without square brackets or parentheses, even though a different number may actually be written in the manuscript. If there is doubt the critical text of the Latin Second Edition can easily be consulted, as the English translation has been set up to work in parallel with the original Latin text.

[%6] As was mentioned earlier, Hyde, and others before him, in translating the Indexes to The Arcana Coelestia, chose to combine them into one index, and this so they could be used as an index for studying The Arcana Coelestia itself. The purpose of this revision and translation is to set forth in English what Swedenborg wrote in Latin, in the order that he wrote it, for the sake of studying what is written as a work of the Heavenly Doctrine itself. So we have made an effort to set forth each index as a work in itself. However, there are places where what is said in one index helps the meaning of what is said in the other, and so at times words from one index are inserted into the other, but these words are set off by a leading asterisk in the square brackets that surround the words inserted. For example, under the word for Language or Tongue we find the following entry:

Opinion [*of spirits concerning truths] flows into the tongue, 1159.

Such insertions were especially needed when a section of one index is lost, and a section from the other index can provide some information on the subject. As an example of where a subject is taken from one index to fill in for pages that were lost in the other, we have this subject added from the Second Index into the First Index, with a note added:

174. [*Butter (Butyrum). Butter d. the celestial, 2184;] {*Note: This entry is taken from the Second Index. It is included as it most likely was taken from this First Index. The page on which Butyrum would have appeared is missing from the ms.}

[%7] Again, the Heavenly Doctrine Publishing Foundation would like express their gratitude the Swedenborg Society for providing both Hyde's translation of the combined Indexes - the PDF of the 2nd Edition of the Indexes - from which we made an electronic version for incorporating into the Kempton Project software. It is hoped that this will increase the use of this invaluable work in the study of the Heavenly Doctrine, considering that such study has become more more dependent on computer applications. We also want thank the Rev. John Elliott for his incredible work transcribing these two Indexes from the manuscripts. If you would like a copy of this file, or would like share it with others, please contact the Heavenly Doctrine Publishing Foundation.

Andrew J. Heilman, secretary of the HDPF, Kempton, Pennsylvania -- November, 2021. [email protected] www.heavenlydoctrinepublishing.org

9146. 'Or standing grain, or a field' means the truth and good of faith in the process of being conceived. This is clear from the meaning of 'grain' as the truth of faith, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a field' as the Church in respect of good, thus the Church's good, dealt with above in 9139. The reason why 'grain' means the truth of faith is that grain crops, such as wheat and barley, and bread made from them, mean the Church's forms of good, 3941, 7602. The Church's forms of good are those of charity towards the neighbour and of love to the Lord. These forms of good are the being and soul of faith; for they are what cause faith to be faith and give it life. The reason why 'standing grain' is the truth of faith in the process of being conceived is that it has not yet been gathered into stacks or stored away in barns. Therefore when grain is standing or still shooting up it is the truth of faith in the process of being conceived.

[2] Much the same is meant by 'standing grain' in Hosea,

Israel has made a king, and not by Me; they have made princes, and I did not know. Their silver and their gold they have made into idols. Because they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind. He does not have any standing grain; the ears will yield no flour. If they do yield it, aliens will swallow it up. Hosea 8:4, 7.

This refers to the Church's truths and forms of the good of faith when they have been reduced to nothing by hollow and false ideas. The fact that these things are the subject is evident from the train of thought, but what is actually being said about them is evident only from the internal sense. For in this sense 'a king' is used to mean the Church's truth of faith in its entirety, see 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 6148, and 'princes' to mean primary truths, 1482, 2089, 5044; and from all this one may see what is meant by the words 'Israel has made a king, and not by Me; they have made princes, and I did not know', 'Israel' being the Church, 4286, 6426, 6637. By 'silver' is meant in the internal sense the truth of good, and in the contrary sense the falsity of evil, 1551, 2954, 5658, 6112, 6914, 6917, 8932, by 'gold' is meant good, and in the contrary sense evil, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, and by 'idols' is meant worship consisting of falsities and evils, 8941; and from all this one may see what is meant by 'their silver and their gold they have made into idols'. 'The wind' which they sow means senseless ideas; 'the whirlwind' which they will reap means the resulting turmoil in the Church; 'the standing grain' which he does not have any of means the truth of faith in the process of being conceived; 'the ears' which will yield no flour means sterility; and 'aliens' who will swallow it up means falsities that will consume it.

1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, ¹ come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' ¹ is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

脚注: