Notes from Wikiquote
For the natures of created things, and the various divine dispositions in them can serve for the mind instead of writing. | Frequently it will cross over beyond these visible natures | and be stirred by insight concerning hidden essences. | It can also happen that (the intellect) is raised up by these (essences) | and receives the ability to be stirred in its contemplation concerning the revered Creator | this comes through the compassion issuing from that fountain of life which suddenly approaches the intellect’s stirrings | and it peers inside the divine Holy of Holies, in so far as this is permitted to created beings | (this involves) a kind of mystical insight into it. | an assured knowledge of the glorious nature of (God’s) Majesty | an apperception of the reality of things which the written word does not dare take down. | There are cases where their recording cannot be attempted, for this is not permitted, due to their mystical character | and there are cases where, because they are not written down, they cannot be spoken of either. | 36.2, p. 157