822. That they likewise learn through other people who are not aware of this, is plain to me from many things that had happened to me before I spoke with spirits; and if I had reflected upon each incident at that time, I would have been quite certain about these facts, and able to assure everyone by experience alone. Although this [instruction] is also accomplished by means of spirits, and a thousand other ways unknown to us, yet it should not be doubted that it is by the omnipotence of the Lord.