895. Some may be surprised at the fact that when writings are being read and no attention is being paid by the reader, or there is no perception of the things written, the sense and perception of those things are then elevated to the angels more distinctly than when the natural human mind is in them at the same time. When the sense of things is to be more clearly perceived, it is as though the states of the body must be withdrawn from the interior mind, whence the idea always becomes clearer, because without impeding objects; it is the same when the mind does not inhere in words or expressions which are the body of speech. The fact that the angels understand the sense of a writing even if the man does not, may seem surprising and thus paradoxical, yet it is most true, for today's experience testifies to it. Hence it can be concluded that when little children read the Holy Bible, angels understand or perceive the sense of the Word more clearly than when adults read it, as was also told me before. 1748, Feb. 20.