293. I have perceived, too, that an atmosphere radiates not only from angels and spirits but also from each and every object appearing in their world, as from trees and their fruits there, from bushes and their flowers, from herbs and grasses, even from soils and every one of their constituents. It has been apparent from this that it is a universal phenomenon, both in the case of living things and in that of lifeless ones, that each is enveloped by something like that which exists within, and that this is continually exhaled from it. The same phenomenon is found in the natural world, as people know from the observations of many learned investigators. They know, for example, that a flood of effluvia constantly flows from every person, likewise from every animal, and also from every tree, fruit, bush, and flower, indeed from every metal and rock. The natural world draws this characteristic from the spiritual world, and the spiritual world from the Divine.