Verse 9. But when he suffers temptation on account of the conflicting state of his preparatory life, and thus comes into contact with and opposes evil because it is contrary to his cherished love, the consequence is that the merely natural life is rejected as his regeneration is advancing, and when the perfected celestial state is attained.

3220. When angels are engaged in discussion about matters of intelligence and wisdom, and about perceptions and cognitions, their discussion at the same time passes on from them into corresponding communities of spirits. Their discussion falls into representations involving such things as occur in the vegetable kingdom - into representations of paradise-like gardens, vineyards, woodlands, meadows with flowers, and into many other lovely things, which are quite beyond human imagination. This explains why things that constitute wisdom and intelligence are described in the Word as gardens, vineyards, woodlands, and meadows, and why such things are meant whenever these places are mentioned.