This work, published in 1768, when Swedenborg was eighty years of age, was the first of the author's theological works on the title of which his name appeared. It treats of the relation of the sexes; of the nature and origin of love truly conjugial and of its indissoluble nature; of the marriage of the Lord and the Church, and its correspondence; of the spiritual conjunction of partners in true marriage; of the change effected in both sexes by marriage; of the causes of disaffection, separations, and divorces; of the causes of apparent love, friendship, and favor in marriage; and of iterated marriages. To which is appended a treatise on Adulterous or Scortatory Love in its various degrees, showing it to be in its nature the very opposite of Conjugial Love.
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CONTENTS:
PRELIMINARY RELATIONS RESPECTING THE JOYS OF HEAVEN AND NUPTIALS THERE.
ON MARRIAGES IN HEAVEN.
ON THE STATE OF MARRIED PARTNERS AFTER DEATH.
ON LOVE TRULY CONJUGIAL.
ON THE ORIGIN OF CONJUGIAL LOVE AS GROUNDED IN THE MARRIAGE OF GOOD AND TRUTH.
ON THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD AND THE CHURCH, AND ITS CORRESPONDENCE.
ON THE CHASTE PRINCIPLE AND THE NON-CHASTE.
ON THE CONJUNCTION OF SOULS AND MINDS BY MARRIAGE, WHICH IS MEANT BY THE LORD'S WORDS,--THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE FLESH.
ON THE CHANGE OF THE STATE OF LIFE WHICH TAKES PLACE WITH MEN AND WOMEN BY MARRIAGE.
UNIVERSALS RESPECTING MARRIAGES.
ON THE CAUSES OF COLDNESS, SEPARATION, AND DIVORCE IN MARRIAGES.
ON THE CAUSES OF APPARENT LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, AND FAVOR IN MARRIAGES.
ON BETROTHINGS AND NUPTIALS.
ON REPEATED MARRIAGES.
ON POLYGAMY.
ON JEALOUSY.
ON THE CONJUNCTION OF CONJUGIAL LOVE WITH THE LOVE OF INFANTS.
ADULTEROUS LOVE AND ITS SINFUL PLEASURES.
ON THE OPPOSITION OF ADULTEROUS LOVE AND CONJUGIAL LOVE.
ON FORNICATION.
ON CONCUBINAGE.
ON ADULTERIES AND THEIR GENERA AND DEGREES.
ON THE LUST OF DEFLORATION.
ON THE LUST OF VARIETIES.
ON THE LUST OF VIOLATION.
THE LUST OF SEDUCING INNOCENCIES.
ON THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ADULTERIES WITH THE VIOLATION OF SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE.
ON THE IMPUTATION OF EACH LOVE, ADULTEROUS AND CONJUGIAL.
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This book is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely digitally revised and optimized for Kindle, including an interactive table-of-contents.
CONTENTS:
PRELIMINARY RELATIONS RESPECTING THE JOYS OF HEAVEN AND NUPTIALS THERE.
ON MARRIAGES IN HEAVEN.
ON THE STATE OF MARRIED PARTNERS AFTER DEATH.
ON LOVE TRULY CONJUGIAL.
ON THE ORIGIN OF CONJUGIAL LOVE AS GROUNDED IN THE MARRIAGE OF GOOD AND TRUTH.
ON THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD AND THE CHURCH, AND ITS CORRESPONDENCE.
ON THE CHASTE PRINCIPLE AND THE NON-CHASTE.
ON THE CONJUNCTION OF SOULS AND MINDS BY MARRIAGE, WHICH IS MEANT BY THE LORD'S WORDS,--THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE FLESH.
ON THE CHANGE OF THE STATE OF LIFE WHICH TAKES PLACE WITH MEN AND WOMEN BY MARRIAGE.
UNIVERSALS RESPECTING MARRIAGES.
ON THE CAUSES OF COLDNESS, SEPARATION, AND DIVORCE IN MARRIAGES.
ON THE CAUSES OF APPARENT LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, AND FAVOR IN MARRIAGES.
ON BETROTHINGS AND NUPTIALS.
ON REPEATED MARRIAGES.
ON POLYGAMY.
ON JEALOUSY.
ON THE CONJUNCTION OF CONJUGIAL LOVE WITH THE LOVE OF INFANTS.
ADULTEROUS LOVE AND ITS SINFUL PLEASURES.
ON THE OPPOSITION OF ADULTEROUS LOVE AND CONJUGIAL LOVE.
ON FORNICATION.
ON CONCUBINAGE.
ON ADULTERIES AND THEIR GENERA AND DEGREES.
ON THE LUST OF DEFLORATION.
ON THE LUST OF VARIETIES.
ON THE LUST OF VIOLATION.
THE LUST OF SEDUCING INNOCENCIES.
ON THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ADULTERIES WITH THE VIOLATION OF SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE.
ON THE IMPUTATION OF EACH LOVE, ADULTEROUS AND CONJUGIAL.
