2314. when this matter was being shown by means of figurative spiritual mental imagery, and yet when these [reasonings] are removed, the light appears. So it is impossible for someone to see any truth while sunk into such reasonings, whereas the light is plainly visible to boys and girls, to women, and to those called the uneducated. These points were so well demonstrated by figurative spiritual mental imagery, and consequently I see in such clear light that this is the case, that it is quite impossible to deny it. But how spiritual truths are not only overclouded, so as to be as none, but also how they are distorted, will be told elsewhere, if the Lord finds it fitting. 1748, 12 June.