972. When something is being thought in which there is nothing heavenly, then also these same virgins are distressed. This, too, was clearly apparent, and was pointed out, as when I was thinking about earthly matters. It is also reflected in those capsules, for example, if the productive or good element is taken away from the blood by way of the spermatic vessels. After an excessive seizure of this by the spermatics, sadness usually ensues, which may also be caused by this, as well as by the fact that at such a time the better blood to be brought to the heart becomes deficient in the blood stream. 1748, 24 February.
972 1/2. How in the earliest Church they spoke in different languages [see Acts 2:4, 10:46]
Because the world is such at this day that it does not want to believe anything but what it understands, and because such things do not occur today as they did in the case of those who spoke in strange languages, I have had occasion to converse with them and question them, and thus to be informed.* * See A.W. Acton's footnote, Spiritual Diary, vol 1, p. 269.
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