63.  That there is a relation of all things of the created universe to man may be known from the foregoing statements, yet it can be seen only obscurely; whereas in the spiritual world this is seen clearly.  In that world, also, there are all things of the three kingdoms, and in the midst of them the angel; he sees them about him, and also knows that they are representations of himself; yea, when the inmost of his understanding is opened he recognizes himself in them, and sees his image in them, hardly otherwise than as in a mirror.

64.  From these and from many other concurring facts which there is not time to adduce now, it may be known with certainty that God is a Man; and that the created universe is an image of Him; for there is a general relation of all things to Him, as well as a particular relation of all things to man.

65.  The uses of all created things ascend by degrees from last things to man, and through man to god the creator, from whom they are.

Last things, as was said above, are each and all things of the mineral kingdom, which are materials of various kinds, of a stony, saline, oily, mineral, or metallic nature, covered over with soil formed of vegetable and animal matters reduced to the finest dust.  In these lie concealed both the end and the beginning of all uses which are from life.  The end of all uses is the endeavor to produce uses, and the beginning is the acting force from that endeavor.  These pertain to the mineral kingdom.  Middle things are each and all things of the vegetable kingdom, such as grasses and herbs of every kind, plants and shrubs of every kind, and trees of every kind.  The uses of these are for the service of each and all things of the animal kingdom, both imperfect and perfect.  These they nourish, delight, and vivify; nourishing the bellies of animals with their vegetable substances, delighting the animal senses with taste, fragrance, and beauty, and vivifying their affections.  The endeavor towards this is in these also from life.  First things are each and all things of the animal kingdom.  Those are lowest therein which are called worms and insects, the middle are birds and beasts, and the highest, men; for in each kingdom there are lowest, middle and highest things, the lowest for the use of the middle, and the middle for the use of the highest.  Thus the uses of all created things ascend in order from outmost things to man, who is first in order.