A man after death, is not a natural but a spiritual man; nevertheless he still appears in all respects like himself.

Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.

A heavenly society is a harmony of many.

We are all spirits inwardly. This is what's alive in the body, not the body on its own.

Sacred scripture is like a mirror in which we see God, although each in a different way.

It can in no sense be said that heaven is outside of any one; it is within ... and a man, also, so far as he receives heaven, is a recipient, a heaven, and an angel.

Man was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them