1259. Afterwards this same spirit prayed imploringly to be freed from that hellish prison. This he did quite earnestly, at the same time setting forth several reasons, such as that if he had thought evil thoughts, this could not condemn a person, since he had committed no evil in his life, because he can be reproached by no one, besides other like reasonings. And so he prayed to be admitted into different societies, those of upright spirits. This was also permitted him, for he thought because he had been able to be in circles of good people in the world, that he could do likewise in that life, and could thus pretend to be a good person as he had in the life of the body, mixing with them and being loved by them. So he was permitted to enter into a circle of good spirits above the forehead, in whose company he wanted to stay. And he forced himself to be like them, but was not able to do so for long. In every detail, feelings of reluctance were noticeable, so he complained, even begged, that the kind of spirits be joined to him that would make him better able to compel himself to harmonize with them. This too was permitted, yet again he became aware of feelings of reluctance, so he begged to be sent away and to come into different societies, or into some room where he could be alone, and thus be safe. So he was sent into a long arched room, and there, sitting in a chair, he was swung around. This symbolized that he was changeable, and could not join in any such society. Finally, he returned to me, and because someone wanted to thrust him down again into the hellish chamber, and he insisted that he was innocent, therefore, when he was being sent there, he was whirled around here and there, to the right hand and to the left, and into opposite gyres turning this way and then that. This had the same meaning, namely, that he could stay nowhere, because he considered himself blameless. Then he was finally sent back into the hellish chamber, and in fact, into the same company as before, but now they did not want to let him in, complaining that he was just the same now as he was before. For he tried to devise tricks with them as before, so they threw him out because he had prayed imploringly and considered himself blameless.