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[Doc. 302.
ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANIES.
of which denied that spiritual things may be comprehended
[by man].
The first of these companies declared, that man becomes
insane when he thinks on such things ; the second, that he
becomes like a beast; the third asserted, that man is like a
stock; and the fourth, that he is, as it were, blind.
On the right were those who declared that man is not a
man, unless he is able naturally and rationally to think con
cerning spiritual things.
Among them also were four companies. The first declared,
that he who is in illustration thinks from God the Father;
the second, that he thinks from the Holy Spirit ; the third
that his thought is from the Triune God; and the fourth, that
it is from the Lord who is the Word.
After they had finished their ratiocinations, they were en
compassed by a column of cloud, which was dark on one
side and bright on the other, and the brightness shone in
various colours before – (?)
This brightness flowed vividly into the eyes of the first
cohort on the right, and [a voice was heard] saying, that they
were in a fantasy; that they saw a star, and thought it was
fixed, when yet it was unstable and evanescent ; to the second
it said, that they saw fish flying in the air, and a hawk in
the air devouring them; to the third, that they saw a cat in
a cellar, and an owl in a corner, looking at each another ; and
to the fourth, that they saw the Word in light, encompassed
with a shining brightness, and a rainbow over it.
They were not able to see one another, because the
vision of their eyes was affected by the colour which flowed in.
At last an angel came from the heaven of the Lord. He
raised the cloud, so that they could see one another as in the
natural light of day.
The companies [on the left] left the temple through their
gate; and the companies on the right through theirs ; and to
the last of these companies the angel gave palms, and put
laurels on their heads ; but to the rest he did not give anything.
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