9095. Or if it be known that the ox was wont to strike with the horn from yesterday the day before yesterday. That this signifies if it had previously been known that such was its affection, is evident from the signification of “to be known,” or “attested,” as being that it had passed into the intellectual (see n. 9071), for that which has passed there from the will has become known; and from the signification of “that the ox was wont to strike with the horn from yesterday the day before yesterday,” as being that such had been the affection heretofore (as also above, n. 9070).

9071. And it hath been attested to his master. That this signifies, and this has passed into the intellectual, is evident from the signification of “being attested,” as being that it has been made known, consequently has passed into the intellectual; because the evil which is made known passes into the intellectual, for the intellectual is man’s internal sight, without which sight the will is blind; and therefore when the evil which is of the will passes into the intellectual, it passes from thick darkness into light.