There is a kind of sensation, or sensitive perceptivity, that evades description-for it is given only by the Lord by a spiritual method to perceive in this manner-by which one can tell how much of life is present. There is something seemingly not alive, like something chalky, from the presence of which one gathers that such a kind of life is there. Thus when it pleases the Lord, He shows the angels how much of life is present in a spirit or soul, and this happens with a great deal of variety. 1748, 10 April.