1051. To make this subject understandable, since it is possible to grasp it to some extent only by an example, let this be mentioned: when someone asserts that there can be no shame unless there is also reverence within it, then the usual course would be that one holds forth on these topics, both what shame is and what reverence is, with many hours of talking and many sheets of writing, investigating what shame is, into what different types it can be categorized in general and particular; likewise, what reverence is in all its many aspects. Then countless conclusions can be drawn according to each person's grasp of the subject and state of development. All these matters are seen by a spirit and communicated to others in an instant, at a single spiritual glance, without any description or any foreknowledge of details. Thus angels go from one general to the next, then to the specifics, seeing them distinctly and simultaneously, thus knowing the conclusions at once. This is how spirits communicate things among themselves. Souls come directly into that ability after death, but it varies greatly according to the life of their passions. Those come into it better who have not blinded their rational sight with fantasies.