n example of the desire to know [sciendi], which
spirits have (n. 1974). Angels have an illimitable longing
to know [sciendi] and to become wise, since learning
[scientia], intelligence, and wisdom are spiritual food
(n. 3114, 4459, 4792, 4976, 5147, 5293, 5340, 5342, 5410,
5426, 5576, 5582, 5588, 5655, 6277, 8562, 9003).

The knowledge [scientia] of the ancients was the knowledge
[scientia] of correspondences and representations, by
which they gained entrance into the knowledge
[cognitionem] of spiritual things; but that knowledge
[scientia] at this day is wholly lost (n. 4749, 4844,
4964, 4965).

[12] For spiritual truths to be comprehended the following
universals must be known [scientur]. (i) All things in the
universe have relation to good and truth and to their
conjunction that they may be anything, thus to love and
faith and their conjunction. (ii) Man has understanding
and will; and the understanding is the receptacle of truth
and the will of good; and all things in man have relation
to these two and to their conjunction, as all things have
relation to truth and good and their conjunction. (iii)
There is an internal man and an external man, which are as
distinct from each other as heaven and the world are, and
yet for a man to be truly a man, these must make one. (iv)
The internal man is in the light of heaven, and the
external man is in the light of the world; and the light
of heaven is Divine truth itself, from which is all
intelligence. (v) Between the things in the internal man
and those in the external there is a correspondence,
therefore the different aspect they present is such that
they can be distinguished only by means of a knowledge
[scientiam] of correspondences. Unless these and many
other things are known [scientur], nothing but incongruous
ideas of spiritual and heavenly truths can be conceived
and formed; therefore without these universals the
knowledges [scientifica et cognitiones] of the natural man
can be of but little service to the rational man for
understanding and growth. This makes clear how necessary
knowledges [scientifica] are.

357. XXXIX. THE RICH AND THE POOR IN HEAVEN.

There are various opinions about reception into heaven. Some are of
the opinion that the poor are received and the