PEGASUS.—By the winged horse Pegasus the ancients meant the understanding of truth, by which comes wisdom; by the hoofs of his feet they understood experiences, whereby comes natural intelligence, [182].
PELLICACY, [459], [460], [462].
PERCEPTION, common, is the same thing us influx from heaven into the interiors of the mind, [28]. By virtue of this perception, man inwardly in himself perceives truths, and as it were sees them, [28]. All have not common perception, [147]. There is an internal perception of love, and an external perception, which sometimes hides the internal, [49]. The external perception of love originates in those things which regard the love of the world, and of the body, [49].
Obs.—Perception is a sensation derived from the Lord alone, and has relation to the good and true, A.C. 104. Perception consists in seeing that a truth is true, and that a good is good; also that an evil is evil, and a false is false, A.C. 7680. Its opposite is phantasy. See [Phantasy, obs].
PEREGRINATIONS of man in the societies of the spiritual world, during his life in the natural world, [530].
PERIODS whereby creation is preserved in the state foreseen and provided for, [400], [401].
PERIOSTEUMS, [511].
PETER, the Apostle, represented truth and faith, [119].