1278. When these spirits were released from that very deep hell, the contents of my stomach were rolled around so much that I was forced to throw up my meal, such a change do they bring about in the spirit realm by their first presence. Because they have with them a kind of poison, they like to pour the poison into someone, the effect of which was throwing up. For just as in life they had wanted to kill people by poisoning, this desire remains rooted in their minds and they strive to do the same. This effect, therefore, was due to them, and not, as on other occasions, due to emetics or overeating. It was the effect of such spirits, I realized.