347. (12) A polygamist cannot become spiritual as long as he remains a polygamist. To become spiritual is to be elevated out of the natural plane, that is, out of the light and warmth of the world into the light and warmth of heaven. No one knows about this elevation except one who has been elevated. However, the unelevated natural man still perceives no otherwise than that he has been elevated, for the reason that he can, just as well as the spiritual man, elevate his intellect into the light of heaven and as a natural man think and speak spiritually. On the other hand, if his will does not at the same time follow his intellect to the same height, the person still has not been elevated; for he does not remain at that height, but after a few minutes descends to the level of his will and there makes his stand. We say, his will, and we mean at the same time his love, because the will is the containing vessel of love; for what a person loves, that is what he wills. From these few considerations it can be seen that as long as a polygamist remains a polygamist, or to say the same thing, as long as a natural man remains a natural man, he cannot become spiritual.