160. 4920. The flow is from the innermost class into the more inward, as it is called, and from this into the inward class. One who is not in order never perceives innermost elements, that is, as He says, ...Divine ones.* But one who is held in order, perceives the very least agreements and disagreements between the true feelings and the feigned ones, no matter what shape they are given by evil angels, or by those who harbor evil in themselves; thus there is a certain discord most deeply within, although the appearance is persuasive. This has happened to me so often that I cannot count the times. Thereby, the inflow of heavenly beings could be identified - but on these matters, it is not allowed, because of the length of the subject, to say much more - as it was today, when I was being thus enticed by the persuasions of one of them regarding a certain matter, into believing it to be so, but I still sensed deeply within, so to speak, that it was a trick, and turned away from him; the 23rd day of June, 1746, old calendar (it concerned a man-servant). [Outer (External); Inward; Order] * The reference here, indicated by dots in the original, is probably to John 3:12, alluded to in 158.