Human thought is communicated to some spirits by speech, or by thought reduced to words and then to mental images from which a meaning arises. For some, the meaning is richer through words, that is, it is richer using the mental image conveyed by a word, for others [through] thoughts just like those in a person who visualizes them imaginatively, as when we direct our mind to any subject, and picture many points to ourselves as if they were at the same time visual objects, about which we afterwards speak or write. This whole composite idea, or imaginative portrayal, is normally communicated in its entirety to spirits, but its impact varies with the abilities of the individual spirit-for the angels grasp simultaneously what is in the mental image, and what is inside of the mental image. 1748, 26 February.