235. When they were portraying the descent to those below, they most beautifully depicted delicate tiny cords let down by them, by which they wanted to raise up God the Messiah from thence, and by which they also wanted to depict the loving longings they were gifted with by God the Messiah to be able to do this, as they are now dictating to me. 1747, the 1st day of November (old calendar), after getting out of bed.* * Cf. Arcana Coelestia 2299, Heaven and Hell 335, Conjugial Love 412.