1534. CONCERNING THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE LORD IN THE HEAVENS In the heaven of spirits the good spirits feel that the Lord is as if outside them, thus that faith in Him was diffused around them, as I have experienced in various ways, and indeed for a long time with variety. On a former occasion I was as if circumfused by the Lord Himself. Again, differently, I was as if held in faith from without, and my mind was not relaxed, for it was, as it were, in an aura of faith.
1534 1/2. When spirits were present who made me vacillate and this quasi atmosphere became somewhat weakened, I had then to fall back upon general principles and especially upon those things that are axiomatic; also upon the things which take place in our body, as that the soul governs the body and its many diverse functions as a one, and that the will alone governs a thousand muscles at the same time.
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