SATANS.—They are called satans who have confirmed themselves in favor of nature to the denial of God, [380]. Those who are evil from the understanding dwell in the front in hell, and are called satans, but those who are in evil from the will, dwell to the back and are called devils, [492]. See [Devils]. Satan wishing to demonstrate that nature is God, [415].
Obs.—In the Word, by the devil is understood that hell which is to the back, and in which are the most wicked, called evil genii; and by satan, that hell in which dwell those who are not so wicked, who are called evil spirits, H. and H., 544.
SATISFACTION.—In love truly conjugial exists a state of satisfaction, [180].
SATURNINE or golden age, [153*].
SATYRS.—In the spiritual world the satyr-like form is the form of dissolute adultery, [521].
SAVED, to be.—All in the universe who acknowledge a God, and, from a religious principle, shun evil as sins against Him, are saved, [343].
SCIENCE is a principle of knowledges, [130]. There is no end to science, [185]. Man is not born into the science of any love, but beasts and birds are born into the science of all their loves, [133]. Man is born without sciences, to the end that he may receive them all; whereas, supposing him to be born into sciences, he could not receive any but those into which he was born, [134]. Science and love are undivided companions, [134].
SCIENCE OF CORRESPONDENCES, the, was among the ancients the science of sciences, [532]. It was the knowledge concerning the spiritual things of heaven and the church, and thence they derived wisdom, [532]. It conjoined the sensual things of their bodies with the perceptions of their minds, and procured to them intelligence, [76]. This science having been turned into idolatrous science, was so obliterated and destroyed by the divine providence of the Lord, that no visible traces of it were left remaining, [532]. Nevertheless, it has been again discovered by the Lord, in order that the men of the church may again have conjunction with Him, and consociation with the angels; which purposes are effected by the Word, in which all things are correspondences, [532]. See [Correspondences].