1351. How these things appeared to Jacob, and perhaps no one else but Jacob, is clear from many particulars. 1) Jacob saw the angels with open eyes, which occurs with those who are of the very inward Church. These see them almost as they see people on earth, as did many we read about in the Divine Word. 2) They appear also in another way, when one is in a wakeful state and the inner senses are more or less removed from the external senses. Then symbolic displays are also visible, but not as they were to Jacob and Abraham and others. 3) It is different, however, in the state nearest to wakefulness, when one believes one is awake, yet it is not true wakefulness. In this state, angels appear as clearly as if in the daytime, unless they are symbolic portrayals of matters brought to view instead, like what was frequently seen by the prophets, like Ezekiel, etc. 4) Fourth are visions when the eyes are closed in a wakeful state, which are as clear as in broad daylight. 5) Lastly, there are dreams. [See, Vision] 1352. But visions and the like having the purpose of portraying Heavenly angels and things in heaven, will be discussed elsewhere, as God the Messiah sees fit, for they occur everywhere [in the Word].