_Obs._--Afflux is that which flows _upon_ or _towards_, and remains
generally in the external, without penetrating interiorly, _A.C._, n.
7955. Efflux is that which flows _from_, and is generally predicated of
that which proceeds from below upwards. Influx is that which flows
_into_, or which penetrates interiorly, provided it meets with no
obstacle; it is generally used when speaking of that which comes from
above, thus from heaven, that is, from the Lord through heaven.
AFRICANS more intelligent than the learned of Europe, 114.
AGE.--The common states of a man's life are called infancy, childhood,
youth, manhood, and old age, 185. Unequal ages induce coldness in
marriage, 250. In the heavens there is no inequality of age, all there
are in one flower of youth, and continue therein to eternity, 250.
Golden age, 75. Silver age or period, 76. Copper age, 77. Iron age, 78.
Age of iron mixed with miry clay, 79. Age of gold, 42, 75; of silver,
76; of copper, 77; of iron, 78; of iron mixed with clay, 79. The ages of
gold, silver, and copper are anterior to the time of which we have any
historical records, 73. Men of the golden age knew and acknowledged that
they were forms receptive of life from God, and that on this account
wisdom was inscribed on their souls and hearts, and hence that they saw
truth from the light of truth, and by truths perceived good from the
delight of the love thereof, 153*. All those who lived in the silver age
had intelligence grounded in spiritual truths, and thence in natural
truths, 76.
AID, mutual, of husband and wife, 176.
ALACRITY is one of those moral virtues which have respect to life, and
enter into it, 164.
ALCOHOL.--Wisdom purified may be compared with alcohol, which is a
spirit highly rectified, 145.