299. I was also raised up into a habitation of the more interior heaven, where by the mercy and the immediate and miraculous auspices of God Messiah I could remain for a little while and at the same time speak with the angels, who very exquisitely perceived that there was someone present, for they are in the highest degree delighted with a newcomer, and most earnestly desire that he should be associated with them; but from that exquisite perception they at once know and perceive whether he is such that he can be amongst them. If he is not such, they are grieved, but still they labor with the utmost zeal to initiate him; but when there is no agreement they then separate themselves, so the soul is again allowed to be carried about, as in vehicles. I have not only heard but have also perceived this, and I have quite often talked with them, both when they were in the vehicles, and afterwards. From those who were in the interior and the more interior heaven it can be evident how the case is with those who are raised up immediately after the life of the body, namely, that "they walk through dry places and seek quiet". [Matt. xii 43; Luke xi 24.] 1747, Dec. 5.