'And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson... and wrought cherubims thereon.'
Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com
"...And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and crimson, and scarlet double-dyed, and fine twined linen; with the work of a thinker [skilled craftsman] shall he make it, with cherubs... and the veil shall divide for you between the holy and the holy of holies. "And thou shalt make a veil," signifies the intermediate which unites this [Spiritual] heaven and the inmost [Celestial] heaven, thus spiritual good with celestial good; "of blue, and crimson, and scarlet double-dyed, and fine twined linen," signifies the goods of love and of faith conjoined; "with the work of a thinker shall he make it," signifies the understanding; "with cherubs," signifies a guard lest they should be commingled... "and the veil shall divide for you between the holy and the holy of holies," signifies between [the Spiritual heaven's] spiritual good which is the good of charity toward the neighbor and the good of faith in the Lord, and [the Celestial heaven's] celestial good which is the good of love to the Lord and the good of mutual love."
The outer Temple can represent our outer physical body. As we enter the inner worlds within our physical body through death, dreams or soul travel we find there are divisions between the different Planes which may be symbolized by the veils in the Temple. These Planes all have different colours. For example, I believe the Mental Plane is blue where our inner Mental body resides and the Higher Mental Plane, or first True Heaven where our Higher Mental Body resides, is Purple or Violet. I believe the Astral Plane, where our inner Astral or Emotional body resides, is crimson or red.
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