3622. 'Like these of the daughters of the land' means because they are not from that ground, that is, from truths which the genuine Church knows. This is clear from the meaning of 'the daughters of the land' as Churches, for 'the daughters' means affections for good and truth, 2363, and 'the land' means the region where the Church is situated, and so means the Church itself, dealt with in 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3355. 'The daughters of the land' accordingly means the goods and truths of the Church.

6609. The thoughts and utterances within which my own thought has been present has been represented to me a number of times by means of clouds coming up and going down in the sky. The shapes, colours, and thinness or thickness of the clouds enabled me to recognize what was flowing in. Truths were represented by blue mingled with a beautiful white, indescribably brilliant. Appearances of truth were represented by dull whiteness, and falsities by black clouds. From this too I could know of the inflow of thoughts and affections.