} From
this correspondence "day" and "year" signify in the Word states of
life in general; "heat" and "light" signify love and wisdom;
"morning" the first and highest degree of love "noon" wisdom in its
light; "evening" wisdom in its shade; "dawn" the obscurity that
precedes the morning; and "night" the absence of love and wisdom.{2}

{Footnote 1} In heaven there is a state corresponding to the
dawn that precedes morning, but no state corresponding to night
(n. 6110). The "dawn" signifies a middle state between the last
and the first (n. 10134).

{Footnote 2} Alternations of state in respect to enlightenment
and perception occur in heaven, like the times of day in the
world (n. 5672, 5962, 6110, 8426, 9213, 10605). In the Word
"day" and "year" signify all states in general (n. 23, 487,
488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 4850, 10656). "Morning" signifies
the beginning of a new state, and a state of love (n. 7218,
8426, 8427, 10114, 10134). "Evening" signifies a state of
declining light and love (n. 10134, 10135). "Night" signifies a
state of no love or faith (n. 221, 709, 2353, 6000, 6110, 7870,
7947).

156. Together with the state of the angels' interiors which pertain
to their love and wisdom, the states of various things that are
outside of them and that they see with their eyes are changed; for
the things outside of them take on an appearance that is in accord
with the things within them. But what things these are, and what kind
of things they are, shall be told presently in the chapter on
Representatives and Appearances in Heaven.

157. Every angel undergoes and passes through such changes of state,
and also every society in general, and yet each one differently, for
the reason that they differ in love and wisdom, those in the middle
being in a more perfect state than those round about even to the
circumference (see above, n. 43, 128). But it would be tedious to
specify the differences, since the changes each one undergoes are in
accord with the quality of his love and faith. From this it happens
that while one may be in clearness and delight another may be in
obscurity and lack of delight, and this at the same time within the
same society. So, too, the state differs in different societies; it
is different in the societies of the celestial kingdom from what it
is in those of the spiritual kingdom. These differences in the
changes of state are in general like the variations of the states