There were certain spirits who were skeptical about whether there are spiritual mental images that could enable them to see and understand many, many things, and more than they thought possible. They were raised up into a slightly higher region, and they were allowed to see many things in the least images of my thought, so that they saw causes by a spiritual mental image, and many things that they had never thought possible. These were brought forward as if they were objects that were something, and they were extremely amazed, declaring that by a spiritual mental image, they were looking at more things than anyone would ever believe. Thus they saw what was in my mental imagery, what understanding there was, what there was coming from feeling, and what kind of understanding-that is, whether what was being thought came forth from intellect, or from affection, and which affection. And they saw how the one works together with the other, and therefore, what mental belief can accomplish, when it is truth that is believed, and more such details. They also saw that mental belief likewise streams in from the Lord through heaven, and that a person cannot possibly take hold of belief, or any part of faith, but that it is given by the Lord Alone. Indeed, I also realized by a spiritual mental image that we cannot possibly make our own way into the heavens by means of mental belief. Before it could ever happen that we reached into heaven by our own power, our mental world would be ruptured. The Lord Alone causes a conviction of what is true, and an insight of what is good, which are matters of belief, to be lifted up toward heaven, and this just to the extent that pleases the Lord. 1748, 4 June.