102.  In what follows it will be seen, also, that all spiritual things that originate through the heat and light of their sun, make one in like manner when regarded in themselves, but when regarded as proceeding from the affections of the angels do not make one.  When heat and light make one in the heavens, it is with the angels as if it were spring; but when they do not make one, it is either like summer or like winter — not like the winter in the frigid zones, but like the winter in the warmer zone.  Thus reception of love and wisdom in equal measure is the very angelic state, and therefore an angel is an angel of heaven according to the union in him of love and wisdom.  It is the same with the man of the church, when love and wisdom, that is, charity and faith, make one in him.

103.  The sun of the spiritual world appears at A middle altitude, far off from the angels, like the sun of the natural world from men.

Most people take with them out of the world an idea of God, as being above the head, on high, and an idea of the Lord, as living in heaven among the angels.  They take with them this idea of God because, in the Word, God is called the “Most High,” and is said to “dwell on high;” therefore in prayer and worship men raise their eyes and hands upwards, not knowing that by “The Most High” is signified the inmost.  They take with them the idea of the Lord as being in heaven among the angels, because men think of Him as they think of another man, some thinking of Him as they think of an angel, not knowing that the Lord is the Very and Only God who rules the universe, who if He were among the angels in heaven, could not have the universe under His gaze and under His care and government.  And unless He shone as a sun before those who are in the spiritual world, angels could have no light; for angels are spiritual, and therefore no other than spiritual light is in accord with their essence.  That there is light in the heavens, immensely exceeding the light on earth, will be seen below where degrees are discussed.

104.  As regards the sun, therefore, from which angels have light and heat, it appears above the lands on which the angels dwell, at an elevation of about forty-five degrees, which is the middle altitude; it also appears far off from the angels like the sun of the world from men.  The sun appears constantly at that altitude and at that distance, and does not move from its place.  Hence it is that angels have no times divided into days and years, nor any progression of the day from morning, through midday to evening and into night; nor any progression of the year from spring, through summer to autumn, into winter; but there is perpetual light and perpetual spring; consequently, with the angels, as was said above, in place of times there are states.