722. Verse 3. And he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness, signifies that he was carried in a spiritual state to those with whom all things of the church were devastated. By "a wilderness" is signified a church in which there is no longer any truth, and thus where all the things of it are devastated (n. 546); and by being "in the spirit" is signified to be in a spiritual state from the Divine influx, as shown above (n. 36); hence by "he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness," is signified to be carried in a spiritual state to those with whom all things of the church were devastated.