2211. How the portrayals and thoughts of angels compare with those of man
I spoke to angels-which is not done by speech-about the quality of angels' thoughts in comparison with those of people on earth. The thoughts of angels are like the tiny internal organs of some little worm scarcely visible to the human eye except as a faint point, or more specifically, as single and simple, as if it were nothing more than a little body. Yet the thoughts of angels seen inwardly, are like man's internal organs, which are almost like those in a larger animal with its organs, stomach, brains, marrows, etc. An animate body is composed of these, thus of many, many members. The thoughts of angels are like the interiors of that body. Thus from a portrayal of their mental imagery compared to that of an earthly human, although it appears dissimilar in itself, there results a composite little body. In spite of the apparent dissimilarity, they are nevertheless of such a nature that a composite results.