357. I need to add that I have seen people in the spiritual world who, on the basis of their observations of the world, had decided in favor of nature to the point of becoming atheists. In spiritual light, their intelligence seemed to be open downward and closed upward because in thought they were looking down to the earth and not up to heaven. The upper surface of their sensory functioning, which is the lowest level of intelligence, seemed to have a kind of covering on it. For some people, it flashed with hellfire, for some it was black as soot, and for some it was leaden and corpselike. Beware of decisions in favor of nature, then. Decide for Divinity: there is no lack of material.

'Vestments' signify truth, and in relation to the Lord, divine truth. 'Vesture' signifies truth that clothes good, and when describing the Word, it signifies the Word in its literal sense, like a garment that clothes its spiritual and celestial sense.

In 2 Kings 10:22, the vestments for the worshippers of Baal signify the falsities of idolatrous worship -- the opposite of truth. (Arcana Coelestia 1372)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 685)