n its several members,
organs, and viscera, it is the same as in the things belonging to the
heart and lungs; also that where the heart and lungs do not act, each in
its turn, there can be no motion of life from any voluntary principle, and
no sensation of life from any intellectual principle.
377. Inasmuch as the correspondence of the heart and lungs With the will
and understanding is treated of in what now follows, and upon this
correspondence is based that of all parts of the body, namely, the members,
the organs of the senses, and the viscera throughout the body, and inasmuch
as the correspondence of natural things with spiritual has been heretofore
unknown, and yet is amply shown in two works, one of which treats of Heaven
and Hell and the other, the Arcana Coelestia, of the spiritual sense of the
Word in Genesis and Exodus, I will here point out what has been written and
shown in those two works respecting correspondence. In the work on Heaven
and Hell: The correspondence of all things of heaven with all things of man
(n. 87-102). The correspondence of all things of heaven with all things on
earth (n. 103-115). In the Arcana Coelestia, the work on the spiritual
sense of the Word in Genesis and Exodus: The correspondence of the face and
its expressions with the affections of the mind (n. 1568, 2988, 2989, 3631,
4796, 4797, 4800, 5165, 5168, 5695, 9306). The correspondence of the body,
its gestures and actions, with things intellectual and things voluntary
(n. 2988, 3632, 4215). The correspondence of the senses in general (n.
4318-4330). The correspondence of the eyes and of their sight (n. 4403-
4420). The correspondence of the nostrils and of smell (n. 4624-4634).
The correspondence of the ear, and of hearing (n. 4652-4660). The
correspondence of the tongue and of taste (n. 4791-4805). The
correspondence of the hands, arms, shoulders and feet (n. 4931-4953).
The correspondence of the loins and organs of generation (n. 5050-5062).
Thy correspondence of the internal viscera of the body, especially of
the stomach, thymus gland, the receptacle and ducts of the chyle and
lacteals, and of the mesentery (n. 5171-5180, 5181, 5189). The
correspondence of the spleen (n. 9698). The correspondence of the
peritonaeum, kidneys and bladder (n. 5377-5385). The correspondence of
the liver, and of the hepatic, cystic and pancreatic ducts (n. 5183-5185).
The correspondence of the intestines (n. 5392-5395, 5379). The
correspondence o
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