Man as to his essence is a spirit, [1][2], [123].

A man whose interiors are opened by the Lord, can speak with spirits, [1][2];

man as to his interiors is in the midst of spirits and angels, [1];

cannot see anything in the other life, [135][2];

corresponds to Heaven, [5], [9];

does not rise as to his body, [159][3];

man after death becomes a spirit, [47], [123], [160];

after death is in the human form as before, [123];

after death has the memory of all his concerns in the world, [127];

how distinguished from beasts, [96][2];