propagations of the soul of the husband, with the delight arising from her desire to be the love of her husband’s wisdom, n. 198.  Thus a maiden is formed into a wife, and a youth into a husband, n. 199.  In the marriage of one man with one wife, between whom there exists love truly conjugial, the wife becomes more and more a wife, and the husband more and more a husband, n. 200.  Thus also their forms are successively perfected and ennobled from within, n. 201.  Children born of parents who are principled in love truly conjugial, derive from them the conjugial principle of good and truth, whence they have an inclination and faculty, if sons, to perceive the things relating to wisdom; and if daughters, to love those things which wisdom teaches, n. 202-205.  The reason of this is, because the soul of the offspring is from the father, and its clothing from the mother, n. 206.

UNIVERSALS RESPECTING MARRIAGES, n. 209-230.

The sense proper to conjugial love is the sense of touch, n. 210.  With those who are in love truly conjugial, the faculty of growing wise increases; but with those who are not, it decreases, n. 211, 212.  With those who are in love truly conjugial, the happiness of dwelling together increases; but with those who are not, it decreases, n. 213.  With those who are in love truly conjugial, conjunction of minds increases, and therewith friendship; but with those who are not, they both decrease, n. 214.  Those who are in love truly conjugial, continually desire to be one man; but those who are not in conjugial love, desire to be two, n. 215.  Those who are in love truly conjugial, in marriage have respect to what is eternal; but with those who are not, the case is reversed, n. 216.  Conjugial love resides with chaste wives; but still their love depends on the husbands, n. 216*.  Wives love the bonds of marriage, if the men do, n. 217.  The intelligence of women is in itself modest, elegant, pacific, yielding, soft, tender; but the intelligence of men is in itself grave, harsh, hard, daring, fond of licentiousness, n. 218.  Wives are in no excitation as men are; but they have a state of preparation for reception, n. 219.  Men have abundant store according to the love of propagating the truths of wisdom, and to the love of doing uses, n. 220.  Determination is in the good pleasure of the husband, n. 221.  The conjugial sphere flows from the Lord through heaven into everything in the universe, even to its ultimates, n. 222.  This sphere is received by the female sex, and through that is transferred to the male sex, n. 223.  Where there is love truly conjugial, this sphere is received by the wife, and only through her by the husband, n. 224.  Where there is love not conjugial, this sphere is received indeed by the wife, but not by the husband through her, n. 225.  Love truly conjugial may exist with one of the married partners, and not at the same time with the other, n. 226.  There are various similitudes and dissimilitudes, both internal and external, with married partners, n. 227.  Various similitudes can be conjoined, but not with dissimilitudes, n. 228.  The Lord provides similitudes for those who desire love truly conjugial, and if not on earth he yet provides them in heaven, n. 229.  A man, according to the deficiency and loss of conjugial love, approaches to the nature of a beast, n. 230.