39. Miracles do not take place at this day, for the reasons stated in THE TRUE CHRISTIAN RELIGION [n. 501]; wherefore, the Lord said in Matt. (xxiv 24), that they would lead astray. Again, what is more common among the Roman Catholics than to fill the tombs of the saints and the walls of monasteries with miracles? How many leaves of gold and silver are there not in the tomb of Anthony of Padua! What is there not where the three wise men are said to be buried, at Prague, and elsewhere? What else than illusions can be derived from these things? Of more weight than all these miracles are the facts that I speak with angels and spirits in the spiritual world, that I have described the states of heaven and hell, and of the life after death; also, that the spiritual sense of the Word has been laid open to me; besides much else. Such intercourse, as far as I know, has not been granted by the Lord to any one before. These are proofs that this is for the sake of the New Church, which is the crown of all Churches, and which will endure for ever. Being in the spiritual world, seeing the wonders of heaven, and the pitiful things of hell; and being there in the very light of the Lord in which the angels are, surpasses all miracles. Evidences that I am there, may be found in abundance in my books.