Experience has confirmed that if the spirits through whom a person's lower thoughts or material mental imagery is governed, were not thinking together with and being held in the same thought the person is thinking or speaking - that person would not be able to think at all, but from a turmoil of differing thoughts among spirits, would be plunged into the greatest darkness and would not be able to understand anything, even in everyday matters. As for the angels, however, especially the very inward and innermost ones, they seem to be able to think together with humans on earth, because they are in a higher realm, from which their thoughts can flow into human minds without distracting, still less confusing them. For one mental image of human thought can be composed of almost immeasurably numerous mental images of the heavenly angels, and besides, the angels' thoughts are harmonious and unanimous, thus in no way distracting. They are therefore exceedingly delighted when a person on earth becomes a believer, for then they can stream into his or her thoughts with heavenly joy. This is why it was said by [God the Messiah]* that the angels greatly rejoice over a person who repents [Luke 15:7,10], that is, a person who accepts the faith. 1747, the 5th day of September (old calendar). * In the original, there is a space in place of these words, which were first supplied by Dr. J.F.I. Tafel.