(73) But it retaineth its seat in the kernel, which is the unctuosity or fatness, or the water of life, or the heaven; for it is the body of life, which the death cannot comprehend, and yet it riseth up in the death.

(84) The Depth in the Centre of the Birth or Geniture Now when these three, viz. the astringency, the bitterness, and the sweetness, rub themselves one against another; then the astringent quality grows predominant, for it is the strongest, and forcibly attracteth or draweth the sweetness together, for the sweetness is meek and extensive on account of its suppleness, and must yield to be captivated or imprisoned.

(27) For it is the contraction, compacting or imaging of a thing, and therefore it is the first quality, and a beginning of the angelical creatures, and of all images or likenesses which are in heaven, and all which are in this world, and all whatsoever that can be named or expressed.