1189. They were occupying the upper region of the palate [1177], because there physical elements ascend as blood to the brain, and there they also descend. That location is therefore like an inn, for which reason they even called their room to which they had been removed [1183] an inn. From there, earthly elements [so ascend], which accompany the blood right to within the skull, nor is the blood purged of earthly dregs, except in the brains. Those spirits then occupied the left knee also [1185], because the loves of such things as pleasures are symbolized by the left thigh and the left knee, and the sole of the right foot symbolizes those bodily things to which they cling. 1748, 6 March.