While I was reading in Leviticus [23:33-43] about the feast of tabernacles, certain of the spirits were overjoyed, as I could tell both by their conversation and by their communication. Then they eagerly wanted to celebrate that feast, which was also permitted them, and they depicted for themselves in the usual manner tabernacles, and the accessories. And they did this indeed with great enjoyment, for some of them said that in their lifetime they had greatly looked forward to this, namely, to celebrating the feast of tabernacles in the other life. But because they were doing this from sheer desire, without any insight into the inward meanings of the actions, their gladness turned into sadness, which I likewise could feel in myself by communication. Later, a coldness arose also, affecting rather strongly my feet and knees, this being because they were longing only for earthly things, but not for the inward things they symbolized. Hence the coldness, about which some spirits even complained. So it is with merely earthly joys. 1748, 9 May.