When I was hastily reading something about the inward things of the Word, specifically what names and expressions symbolized, then it was communicated how such spirits perceive them. From this it was obvious that they not only did not understand, but despised them, looking on them as vile, and spewing them out as insanity. They spoke with me afterwards about this matter, and I was prompted to answer them with a comparison, [asking] whether they believe that when birds hear human speech, they can grasp it otherwise than as just a sound, devoid of the spirit of speech, which is thought on some subject unknown to them. At this they were unable to reply. 1748, 22 Aug. It was given me to add also, of those who read in the Word of the Lord, in the Psalms or elsewhere, some see there great light, delighting in every single word; some see none, not even understanding the words.