AC 2547 - the Lord's Word; AC 2552 - perception, conscience & thoughts

AC 2547 [4]
. . . regarded in itself the Lord's Word is solely spiritual and celestial;
but in order that it may be read and understood by every person,
the things of heaven are set forth by such things as are on earth.

AC 2552
. . . perception is a higher thing,
and the Lord had it from the Divine Itself;
whereas thought is a lower thing,
and the Lord had it from the intellectual itself;
and as it was perception from which He had the thought,
so the answer of the thought was from perception.
This may be illustrated by something similar with a person.
The celestial person cannot think except from perception,
nor the spiritual person except from conscience.
The perception of the former,
like the conscience [of the latter] is from the Lord,
and it is not apparent to the person himself where it comes from;
but his thought is from the rational,
and appears to him as from himself.
And so again,
when a person is thinking concerning any subject from the rational,
then the conclusion of the thought, or the answer,
comes either from perception or from conscience;
consequently an answer is given him by the Lord
in accordance with his state of life, his affection,
and the truth of doctrine implanted or impressed in conformity with these.