Arcana Coelestia 10832. These things also are passed by without further explication, because they are again the same as those which have been already described and unfolded once, except those which are mentioned at the end of this chapter, where it is said that after Moses had finished the work the cloud covered the Tent, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation; and also that the cloud tarried upon the Tent by day, and that there was fire in it by night; and that the sons of Israel journeyed whenever the cloud went up. What these things signify is also plain from what has already been frequently stated and shown about the cloud, about the glory of Jehovah, about the fire, and about the journeyings.

10833. THE SIXTH PLANET OUT IN SPACE - continued

Afterwards I asked those spirits about various things on the planet from which they came. First I asked about their worship of God. To this they replied that every thirtieth day the clans and their families gather together in one particular place, where they hear sermons. The preacher then, speaking from a platform raised somewhat above the ground, teaches them truths from God which lead to goodness of life. When asked where their knowledge of God's truths came from, they said, From revelation. And of revelation they said that it takes place in the morning, in the half-way state between sleep and wakefulness, when they are in an inner light into which no sensation in their physical body nor any perception of worldly objects has as yet intruded, and when they hear the angels of heaven talking about God's truths and about a life in accord with them. And when they become fully awake there appears to them at their bed an angel in a white robe, who then suddenly disappears from their eyes. From this they know that the things they have heard come from heaven. This is how a vision from God is distinguished from a vision that does not come from God, for no angel appears when the vision does not come from God. They added that this is the manner in which revelations are made to their preachers, and sometimes also to others.