2556. But whether the interacting spirits were of the same opinion as they, of this I cannot be sure, for there are many interacting spirits, and sometimes those who are not of the same opinion; so "their gang" means no others than those in the world of spirits who are absorbed in the same falsity. For the spirits were entirely unaware of what they were speaking in heaven, being absorbed only in the symbolic mental image of birds, and this in fact accompanied by an unpleasant feeling, as they now declare. 1748, 7 July. So the interacting spirits are not of their gang, but only those immersed in the same falsity.