Little children appeared to me, girls, the first one sitting in front of me to the left, a short distance away. Her face was slightly rosy, as most human faces are, verging on yellow, but her eyes were red, so she was suffering with a disease of weak eyes. I say, she was seated, she appeared suddenly, and suddenly vanished; nevertheless, she had been quite visible. This girl symbolized the inward meaning of the Word, and her face had that appearance because the inward meaning has its character from physical elements, which were the rosiness of her face, and from earthly elements, which were the yellowness of her face. The weak and red eyes symbolize belief based on understanding of those things, which is not true faith. * According to the author's instructions, 1185-89 have been placed after 1183 1/2.