411. Certain spirits, not evil, sinking into a quiescence like sleep, were taken into heaven as to the interiors of their minds; for before their interiors have been opened, spirits can be taken into heaven and be taught about the happiness of those there. I saw them in the quiescent state for about half an hour, and afterwards they relapsed into their exteriors in which they were before, and also into a recollection of what they had seen. They said that they had been among the angels in heaven, and had there seen and perceived amazing things, all of which were resplendent as if made of gold, silver, and precious stones, in exquisite forms and in wonderful variety. They said also that angels were not delighted with the outward things themselves, but with the things they represented, which were Divine, ineffable, and of infinite wisdom, and that these were their joy, with innumerable other things that could not be described in human language even as to a ten-thousandth part, or fall into ideas which partake of anything material.