Based on the spiritual parallels, we might speculate that without the moon
life on earth would not exist at all, given that marriage is the primary source
of all love, and therefore life, (Conjugial Love 143, 376), and also that without
marital union, offspring do not occur.
Though the moon seems lifeless and less important than earth, it is
the earth-moon system that allows for life to exist. A perfect parallel is the
relationship between heart and lungs, which Swedenborg often uses to describe
the relationship between love and wisdom and also wife and husband.
Being animated by surrounding muscles, primarily the diaphragm, the
lungs have no active life of their own, neither do they have direct or obvious
communication with the rest of the body. In contrast, each and every cell of
the entire body has immediate connection with the cardio-vascular system,
without which they would perish. Nevertheless, it is the heart-lungs system
that allows for the body’s survival.
It is believed that the moon and earth were first forged into their present
forms when two lifeless, planet-s