The angels of the inward heaven do not so much believe that all and the least details come forth and are provided by the Lord. Consequently, they accept the idea of chance. But the angels of the very inward heaven disallow the idea of chance, believing that all things even to the very least, down to the smallest detail, are in the hands of the Lord, so that the chain of events is Providence. As a result, they believe that so few things come from man's foresight that they are like nothing, or like tiny black bits of dust in a clear sky. The angels of the inward heaven also realize this and believe it mentally, mainly out of principle, but not in their normal state of understanding, because they have earthly elements joined to spiritual ones. So when the earthly elements dominate, they are so to speak drawn down from a belief in very inward things. But when their earthly part is subservient, then it is the spiritual that shines, and confirms that it is the truth. * Paragraph 1213 appears after 1211, following the instructions of the author.