MARRIED PARTNERS, two, who are principled in love truly conjugial, are actually forms of the marriage of good and truth, or of love and wisdom, [66], [101], [102]. The will of the wife conjoins itself with the understanding of the man, and thence the understanding of the man with the will of the wife, [159], [160]. Love is inspired into the man by his wife, [161]. The conjunction of the wife with the man's rational principle is from within, [165]. The wife is conjoined to her husband by the sphere of her life flowing forth from the love of him, [171-173]. There are duties proper to the man, and duties proper to the wife; the wife cannot enter into the duties proper to the man, nor can the man enter into the duties proper to the wife, so as to perform them aright, [174], [175]. Marriage induces other forms in the souls and minds of married partners, [192]. The woman is actually formed into a wife according to the description in the book of creation, Gen. ii. 21, 22, 23, [193]. Two married partners in heaven are called, not two angels, but one angel, [50]. Two married partners most commonly meet after death, know each other, again associate, &c. [49]. If they can live together, they remain married partners, but if they cannot, they separate themselves, [49], [51], [52].
MARROW, spinal, [315].—The marrows represent the interiors of the mind and of the body, [312].
MARRY, to.—When a man marries he becomes a fuller man, because he is joined with a consort, with whom he acts as one man, [59]. See [Marriage].
MARY signifies the church, [119].
MATERIALS.—Substantials are the beginnings of materials, [328]. Natural things, which are material, cannot enter into spiritual things, which are substantial. [328], Material things originate in substantial, [207].
MATERIAL things derive their origin from things substantial, [207].
MECHANICS is one of the sciences by which an entrance is made into things rational, which are the ground of rational wisdom. [163].
MEATS,—There are in heaven, as in the world, both meats and drinks, [6]. See [Food].
MEDIUMS are conducive to what is first in itself, [98].