1134. I inquired who and what kind of people those are who become spirits like these, who disturb spirits in the other life this way. I was told they are those who try to elicit from others what they are thinking and find out what lies they have told about people about whom it is [especially] forbidden to speak falsely, such as kings, princes, important people, friends, and the laws. And when they find out these things, they make malicious use of them by keeping the person as if in chains, and under their own will, for the sake of some profit. They also want to know what people's passions are, and what evils they have committed, and then they hold them even more tightly fettered. But because they actually hate the people and only keep them chained to themselves for the sake of filthy gain, therefore this is not allowed, just as it is not in bodily life-except for those passions which are accepted, such as striving for honors and riches, and other things not considered disgraceful.