1120. Thereafter the soul is led more and more toward heaven, and this is portrayed by sloping paths leading gently upwards. Spiritual knowledge, now as always, has the effect that one not only knows, but also admits, that there is no good whatever in oneself. And unless one admits this to oneself, or acknowledges it, no one can be led toward heaven, where all societies have the truth and goodness that comes with belief in the Lord. For without inner acknowledgment, there is no healing. 1748, 2 March.