722. [verse 3] 'And he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness' signifies carried away in a spiritual state to those with whom all things of the Church have been devastated. By 'a wilderness' is signified a Church in which there is no longer any truth, thus where all things thereof have been devastated (n. 546); and by to be 'in the spirit' is signified to be in a spiritual state as the result of Divine influx, concerning which [see] above (n. 36). Consequently by 'he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness' is signified to be carried away in a spiritual state to those with whom all things of the Church have been devastated.