5544. This was not a visitation, for these things had often preceded, but it was a matter of orderly arrangement. For in the middle are the best; in the peripheral regions those who are good, by degrees toward the east those who have a clear perception of what is good, to the west those who have a dim perception of what is good; those to the south are those who have clear perception of what is true, those to the north who have a dim at perception of what is true.

165. [165.] 31. I later saw a great number of people sent from the heavens and also rising up below and left to themselves who were allotted dwellings and habitations - in the east those who were possessed of a clear goodness of love and charity, to the west those who were possessed of a hazy goodness of love and charity, to the south those who were possessed of truths arising from good in a state of clarity, to the north those who were possessed of truths arising from good in a state of haziness - all acknowledging the Lord as God of heaven and earth.

189. [191.] Faith Alone

53. That I have perceived the interior atmosphere of spirits as being full of affections - which are designs - to become great, to become rich, and to become wise in order to gain acclaim, and hardly a one if any to promote the common good....