1544. Their societies are varied, which is obvious from the fact that everyone is able to associate with their own kind, so that throughout that planet they all make up a kind of common angelic society of the inward heaven, with its variety. But there is this difference, that they recognize the inner qualities of their companions by outward characteristics, and thus not in the same way as spirits and angels do, by the aura of mental images-which they do judge according to their own understanding, thus likewise by outer characteristics of a soul or spirit.