VERNAL, the, principle exists only where warmth is equally united to light, [137]. With men (homines) there is a perpetual influx of vernal warmth from the Lord, it is otherwise with animals, [137]. In heaven, where there is vernal warmth, there is love truly conjugial, [137].
VIOLATION of spiritual marriage, [515-520]. Violation of spiritual marriage is violation of the Word, [516]. Violation of the Word is adulteration of good, and falsification of truth, [517]. This violation of the Word corresponds to scortations and adulteries, [518]. By whom, in the Christian church, violation of the Word is committed, [519].
VIRGINITY.—Fate of those who have vowed perpetual virginity, [155], [460], [503].
VIRGINS, [21], [22], [293], [321], [502], [511]. The affection of truth is called a virgin, [293]. The virgins (Matt. xxv. 1) signify the church, [21]. Quality of the state of virgins before and after marriage in heaven, [502]. Virgins of the fountain, [207], [293]. The nine virgins, or muses, signify knowledge and science of every kind, [182]. How a virgin is formed into a wife, [199].
VIRTUES, moral, and spiritual virtues, [164]. Various graces and virtues of moral life represented in theatres in heaven, [17]. Manly virtue, [433], [355].
VISIBLE.—Every one may confirm himself in favor of a divine principle or being, from what is visible in nature, [416-421].
VISION, posterior, [233].
VITIATED states of mind and body which are legitimate causes of separation, [252], [253].
WARS, the, of Jehovah. The name of the historical books of the ante-Mosaic Word, [77].