880. Those virgin spirits who had been here for some time began to burn with the desire to return to their own rooms, saying that they there have the greatest delectation because the varieties afford them so much delight, nor is it possible for them to know otherwise than that such is the case. They now say with conviction that it is so, which I also can affirm, but in this way, that the imagination by which those things are represented is so vivid. For similar things have very many times been seen by me in their own light when my eyes were closed, altogether as in daylight, so that nothing has become more familiar to me. So true is this, that all things whatsoever in the interior sphere can be so vividly exhibited that they differ in not the slightest respect. Indeed, writings were placed so plainly before my eyes that I could read what is written as in an open book, and this in wakefulness, when at the same time I was in lively conversation with spirits. 1748, Feb. 19.