Editing Swedenborgianism (section)

=== Heaven ===
New Church adherents believe that heaven proceeds from God,<ref>HH, n. 5, 7.</ref> who is seen by the angels as the light of heaven and occasionally appears in angelic form.<ref>HH, n. 117–118.</ref> Jesus said that he was the light of the world, and the apostles once saw his face shining like a sun. For this reason, the ancients aligned their temples with the rising sun.<ref name=":3">HH, n. 119.</ref> In heaven, countless societies fulfill a particular purpose, each according to their love.<ref>HH, n. 41–77.</ref>

Since angels and demons were human, angels have a human form. There is no individual devil (or Satan): "In the whole heaven there is not one angel who was so created from the beginning, nor in hell any devil who was created an angel of light and cast down; but that all, both in heaven and in hell, are from the human race; in heaven those who lived in the world in heavenly love and faith, in hell those who lived in infernal love and faith; and that hell taken as a whole is what is called the devil and satan."<ref>HH, n. 311.</ref>