rm by means of such things as are in the natural world, and
thus present themselves in effect. From this is the correspondence.

97. For the same reason these same members, organs, and viscera have
a like significance in the Word; for everything there has a meaning
in accordance with correspondence. Thus the "head" signifies
intelligence and wisdom; the "breast" charity; the "loins" marriage
love; the "arms and hands" power of truth; the "feet" what is
natural; the "eyes" understanding; the "nostrils" perception; the
"ears" obedience, the "kidneys" the scrutiny of truth, and so on.{1}
So, too, in the common speech of man it is said of one who is
intelligent and wise that he has a good head; of one who is
charitable that he is a bosom friend; of one who has clear perception
that he is keen scented; of one who is intelligent that he is sharp
sighted; of one who is powerful that he is long handed; of one who
exercises his will from love that it is done from the heart. These
and many other expressions in the speech of men are from
correspondence, for they are from the spiritual world, although man
is ignorant of it.

{Footnote 1} In the Word the "breast" signifies charity (n.
3934, 10081, 10087). The "loins" and organs of generation
signify marriage love (n. 3021, 4280, 4462, 5050-5052). The
"arms" and "hands" signify the power of truth (n. 878, 3091,
4931-4937, 6947, 7205, 10019). The "feet" signify the natural
(n. 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952). The "eye"
signifies understanding (n. 2701, 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 6923,
9051, 10569). The "nostrils" signify perception (n. 3577, 4624,
4625, 4748, 5621, 8286, 10054, 10292). The "ears" signify
obedience (n. 2542, 3869, 4523, 4653, 5017, 7216, 8361, 8990,
9311, 9397, 10061). The "kidneys" signify the scrutiny and
correction of truth (n. 5380-5386, 10032).

98. That there is such a correspondence of all things of heaven with
all things of man has been made clear to me by much experience, by so
much that I am as convinced of it as of any evident fact that admits
of no doubt. But it is not necessary to describe all this experience
here; nor would it be permissible on account of its abundance. It may
be seen set forth in the Arcana Coelestia, where correspondences,
representations, the influx of the spiritual world into the natural
world, and the interaction between soul and body, are treated of.{1}

{Footnote 1} The correspondence of all t