115. But how the Lord is in an angel, and an angel in the Lord cannot be comprehended unless the nature of the conjunction is known. The conjunction is of the Lord with the angel and of the angel with the Lord; wherefore it is a reciprocal conjunction. On the part of the angel it is as follows. The angel has no other perception, in the same way as man, than that he is in love and wisdom from himself, and hence as if that love and wisdom were his, or his own. Unless he felt in this way, there would be no conjunction, thus the Lord would not be in him nor he in the Lord. Nor can it be possible for the Lord to be in any angel or man unless he, in whom the Lord is with love and wisdom perceived, and felt as if they were his. By this, the Lord is not only received, but having been received is retained, and also loved in return. And so by this the angel becomes wise and remains wise. Who can wish to love the Lord and his neighbour, and who can wish to be wise unless he perceives and feels that what he loves, learns and imbibes is, as it were, his own? Otherwise who can retain it in himself? If this were not so, the inflowing love and wisdom would have no place in him for it would flow through without affecting him. Thus an angel would not be an angel, nor would a man be a man, indeed, he would simply be like something inanimate. From the foregoing it can be established that there must be reciprocity for there to be conjunction.