I spoke with spirits about reflection, saying that without reflection, there is no life. Now I am telling them that by means of reflections given by the Lord, the life of their understanding is perfected by the Lord Alone so that they can tell what something is and its quality, and impress such information on the memory as knowledge. I added that brute animals do not have this reflection, for which reason they are not perfected, but remain in the condition proper to their nature-except for a reflection fear can inspire in them, but this does not happen by way of the intellect. 1748, 7 June.