1340. Therefore, since the entire heaven refers to Man, as was before shown [nos. 488, 499], so the heavens in their order refer to lives or souls; but the heaven of spirits refers to a body which ought to be similarly circumstanced as man's body, namely, it must be subservient. Thus do those in the heaven of spirits receive goods through the heavens from the Lord who alone is life. And when the heaven of spirits is such a body it enjoys the goods of the heavens. Then also the heavens believe that the spirits are no other than their body, just as the spirits suppose that the human body is theirs. This was said from heaven to the angels and spirits. 1748, Mar. 14. But there are many, especially those spirits who do not want to be servants but their own masters, who are unwilling or have been unable to comprehend these things.