165. There are many states of spirits (concerning which, God Messiah deeming proper, elsewhere). Two only are to be mentioned here, namely, that very many together constitute one form and act conjointly as if they were a one, and they likewise then speak as one; the angels thus represent the Kingdom of God Messiah in its least form. It has sometimes been granted me to perceive this, and also distinctly to perceive the activity of their form. There is also another state, when they are removed from man, and thus in a representative state, such as is the state of man in sleep. 1747, Aug. 2.* * Apparently a slip for 24.