SISTERS.—The Lord calls those brethren and sisters who are of his church, [120].
SIX.—The number six signifies all and what is complete, [21].
SLEEP, the, into which Adam fell, when the woman was created, signifies man's entire ignorance that the wife is formed, and, as it were, created from him, [194].
SLEEP, to, Gen. ii. 21, signifies to be in ignorance, [194]. Sleep in heaven, [19].
SLOTHFUL, to the, in the spiritual world, food is not given, [6].
SMELLING, natural, is grounded in spiritual smelling, which is perception, [220]. The love of knowing those things which float about in the air, grounded in the love of perceiving, is the sense of smelling; and the gratifications proper to it are the various kinds of fragrance, [210].
SOBRIETY is one of those virtues which have respect to life, and enter into it, [164].
SOCIETY, every, in heaven may be considered as one common body, and the constituent angels as the similar parts thereof, from which the common body exists, [10].