1177. About the gang in the inward heaven
In my head, around the region of the inward palate, I was seized as if by some spirit who had gotten such control of me that I plainly felt I could hardly think differently than he did in me, or speak differently, for he forced me into a state of mind like his own. However, as long as there were others outside of my head, even though they occupied [only] the left side of the head or the region of the left temple, he had no such power. This shows that those on the outside were different from those within, having a different kind of control. Now when I was hardly able to think differently than according to that spirit's control and state of mind, and hardly speak differently, although under compulsion, this was more obvious to others than to myself. Afterwards I heard that when a person is obsessed inwardly, he cannot help behaving and speaking according to the state of mind and the whim [of the spirit]. This went on, I think, for two hours or more.