AC 7620, 7622 - a flame and then a bird and then a stone

AC 7620, 7622.
I saw a certain most beautiful flame;
it was of various colors, crimson,
and also from white reddening,
and the colors likewise sparkled beautifully from the flame.
I saw also a certain hand,
which did not hold this flame,
but to which it adhered,
at first on the back part,
afterward on the palm or hollow of the hand,
and from there it played around the hand.
This continued for some time.
Then the hand together with the flame
were removed to a distance,
and where they rested, there was light;
in this light the hand withdrew,
and then the flame was changed into a bird,
which at first had like colors with the flame,
the colors in like manner sparkling.
But the colors gradually changed,
and with the colors the vigor of life in the bird.
It flew around, and at first about my head,
then forward into a kind of narrow chamber;
and as it flew forward,
its life in proportion departed,
until at last it became stone,
at first of the color of a pearl,
afterward dark;
but although devoid of life,
it continued flying.

When this had passed,
the spirits who were about me
who had gazed intently upon the bird
and its successive changes,
began to converse together about it,
and this for a long time.
They perceived that such a sight
must signify something heavenly.
They knew that a flame
signifies celestial love and its affections;
that a hand, to which the flame adhered,
signifies life and its power;
that changes of color signify varieties of life
in respect to wisdom and intelligence;
that a bird signifies the same, but with this difference,
that a flame signifies celestial love and what is of this love,
whereas a bird signifies spiritual love and what is of this love;
celestial love is love to the Lord,
and spiritual love is mutual love
and charity toward the neighbor;
and the changes of color and likewise of life in the bird
until it became stone,
signify successive varieties of spiritual life
in respect to intelligence.