2601. Some are brought into a tranquil state of mind, into a kind of sleep. While in this state they seem to themselves to be building small cities, in the midst of which they conceal some secret thing which they wish to be violated by none. They then give these cities to others, entreating them not to violate the secret thing in the midst of them In this way innocence, and also charity, is instilled into these spirits, along with the idea that the thing which is secret has to do with the Lord. They are kept in this state for quite a long time. It is a state of ignorance that has innocence within it. They are protected by small children to prevent anyone doing them harm. When I spoke to them I was deeply moved by their state of innocence and charity, and also by the care which they took in the way they concealed the thing which was secret, and by their holy fear lest it should be violated.