Contents 
Introduction by Donald L. Rose 
Preface by Emanuel Swedenborg xvii 
Part 1 
The World of Spirits and Our State after Death 
What the World of Spirits Is 3 
Each of Us Is Inwardly a Spirit 4 
Our Revival from the Dead and Entry 
into Eternal Life 6 
After Death, We Are in a Complete Human Form 12 
After Death, We Enjoy Every Sense, Memory, 
Thought, and Affection We Had in the World 15 
Our Nature after Death Depends on the Kind of 
Life We Led in the World 23 
Our First State after Death 29 
Our Second State after Death 34 
Our Third State after Death Is a State of 
Instruction for People Who are Entering Heaven 39 
It Is Not So Hard to Lead a Heaven-Bound Life 
as People Think It Is 
Part 2 
Heaven 
The Heavens Are Made Up of 
Countless Communities 55 
Each Community Is a Heaven in Smaller Form 
and Each Angel a Heaven in Smallest Form 57 
The Whole Heaven Reflects a Single Individual 59 
Each Community in the Heavens Reflects 
a Single Individual 62 
Every Angel is in Perfect Human Form 63 
Owing to the Lord¿s Divine Human, in Its Entirety 
and Its Parts, Heaven Reflects a Person 66 
There is a Correspondence of Everything in Heaven 
with Everything in the Human Being 70 
There Is a Correspondence of Heaven with 
Everything Earthly 72 
The Sun in Heaven 80 
Light and Warmth in Heaven 81 
How the States of Angels in Heaven Change 84 
Time in Heaven 87 
The Clothes Angels Appear In 90 
Angels¿ Homes and Houses 91 
Space in Heaven 93 
Forms of Government in Heaven 95 
Divine Worship in Heaven 98 
The Power of Heaven¿s Angels 99 
The Language of Angels 102 
How Angels Talk with Us 106 
Written Materials in Heaven 109 
The Wisdom of Heaven¿s Angels 112 
The State of Innocence of Angels in Heaven 114 
The State of Peace in Heaven 118 
The Union of Heaven with the Human Race 121 
Heaven¿s Union with Us through the Word 126 
Heaven and Hell Come from the Human Race 129 
Non-Christians, or People Outside the 
Church, in Heaven 131 
Children in Heaven 135 
Rich and Poor People in Heaven 141 
Marriages in Heaven 146 
What Angels Do in Heaven 152 
Heavenly Joy and Happiness 156 
The Vastness of Heaven 166 
Part 3 
Hell 
The Lord Governs the Hells 173 
The Lord Does Not Cast Anyone into Hell: 
Spirits Cast Themselves In 175 
All the People Who Are in the Hells Are Absorbed 
in Evils and Consequent Falsities because of 
Their Loves of Themselves and the World 178 
Hellfire and Gnashing of Teeth 184 
The Malice and Unspeakable Skills of Hellish Spirits 187 
The Appearance, Location, and Number of the Hells 190 
The Equilibrium between Heaven and Hell 194