196. THAT STATES OF HUMAN MINDS ARE REPRESENTED BY CHANGES WHICH RELATE TO THE SEASONS; ALSO BY RAIN, THE MORNING Representations of spiritual thing are very often presented by natural things, as by clouds of different density and color; by fine weather; by tempests, winds and calms; by hail-storms; also by various kinds of rain; and because they are representations of such things, comparisons of these same things are also very familiar. Very many things in spiritual matters now answer to them.