(1) The influx of light into the eye; (2) Of sound into the ear; (3) Of odor into the nose; (4) Of the body into the soul, and of the soul into the body; (5) Thus of nature into that which is natural; (6) Again of air into the sails of a windmill; (7) Of water into a water wheel; (8) Or of heat into bodies, whence men and beasts are vivified; (9) Of heat and light into trees, and into all the subjects of the mineral kingdom; (10) Of light into precious stones, whence result colors, and several other phenomena, which are taught by optics; (11) The influx of cold into various objects, whence arise modifications; (12) The influx of thought into speech; (13) Of the air into the lungs; (14) Of the blood from the heart into the arteries and veins; (15) Of wine into a glass; (16) Of beer into a jug; (17) Of the sun and stars into the lives of men; (18) The influx of heat from the fireplace into articles cooked. The whole mind with all its sensation has remained chained to nature. The influx of faith [it is supposed] purifies man from the head to the sole of the foot, and this is joined by an influx of all good from God. Whence it follows, that no one knows anything concerning the influx of love out of the will into the perception of the understanding, and from the understanding into the thought, and hence into speech and action. [When this kind of influx is mentioned,] men laugh, and say, "These are surely figments of the imagination; let these things enter by influx, if they choose; what use is there in knowing all this; will it be of any use?" Such men are like an inhabitant of an island in the sea, who does not know that there is other inhabitable land in the globe. He is also like a fish in a stream, which does not know that there is air above the water. And, further, he is like a boar in a large forest, which does not know that outside the forest there are fields.