g another of his
truths and goods by means of falsities and evils, while an angel of the
celestial kingdom by "not to steal" understands not to attribute to
himself the things that are the Lord's, as the good of love and the
truth of faith; for thereby good becomes not good, and truth not truth,
because they are from men.

When the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," is read, a
man by "committing adultery" understands committing adultery and
whoredom, also thinking filthy thoughts, speaking lasciviously, and
doing obscene things. But an angel of the spiritual kingdom by
"committing adultery" understands falsifying the truths of the Word and
adulterating its goods; while an angel of the celestial kingdom by
"committing adultery" understands blaspheming against the Lord, heaven,
and the church.

When the seventh commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," is read, by
"killing" a man understands hating and desiring revenge, even to murder.
But an angel of the spiritual kingdom by "killing" understands the
killing of a man's soul by stumbling blocks to the life and by
reasonings, whereby a man is led into spiritual death, while an angel of
the celestial kingdom by "killing" understands seducing a man into
believing that there is no God and no heaven and no hell, for thus man's
eternal life is destroyed.

When the eighth commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness," is
read, a man by "false witness" understands lying and defamation. But an
angel of the spiritual kingdom by "false witness" understands asserting,
proving, and persuading that falsity is truth and evil is good, or on
the other hand that truth is falsity and good is evil, while an angel of
the celestial kingdom by "false witness" understands every falsity
against the Lord, and against heaven in favor of hell.

All this makes clear how a man draws and calls forth from the Word in
the letter a natural sense, a spiritual angel a spiritual sense, and a
celestial angel a celestial sense, much as the wood of a tree draws its
sap, the leaf its sap, and the fruit its sap, from the same soil. And
what is wonderful, this is done instantly, without the angel's knowing
what the man thinks, or the man what the angel thinks, and yet their
thoughts are one by correspondences, as end, cause, and effect are one.
Moreover, ends are actually in the celestial kingdom, causes in the
spiritual kingdom, causes in the spiritual kingdom, and effects in the
natural wo