Marriages are celebrated by wondrous ceremonies.

In these unions, which produce no children, man contributes the _understanding_, woman the _will_; they become one being, one Flesh here below, and pass to heaven clothed in the celestial form.

On this earth, the natural attraction of the sexes towards enjoyment is an Effect which allures, fatigues and disgusts; but in the form celestial the pair, now _one_ in Spirit find within theirself a ceaseless source of joy.

Swedenborg was led to see these nuptials of the Spirits, which in the words of Saint Luke (xx.

35) are neither marrying nor giving in marriage, and which inspire none but spiritual pleasures.