In a vision I was being offered a small dish full of bread cut up into square pieces, which I thought to have symbolized what bread usually does, namely, heavenly things, and I was glad. It was put to my mouth for me to eat, but it was held there for some time, but not eaten, as I was of the opinion that that bread stood for heavenly things. I was told that broken bread, uncut, symbolizes what is heavenly, therefore bread as it is broken by the lips and tooth, thus first by the hand, before it is eaten, because this is according to nature. Therefore the symbol of heavenly things is bread broken by the hand, the lips, then the tooth, and further broken into most minute pieces by the muscles, tissues, and as it were most minute hands, lips, and tiny mouths of the receiving vessels.