1308. Moreover, also evil spirits think in a certain way, meaning that they only think within themselves, so as not to allow it to pass into merely bodily thought. This kind of thought has not appeared so much to me, for good reasons, because it is wicked. Therefore a certain spirit boasted that he could think in such a way that I would not be aware of it, supposing it would thus be possible for him to speak with angels, as well as to penetrate the thoughts of spirits, and to control that realm of spirits. This, however, was false, for they only think within themselves, which is easier for a spirit than for man, because the connection is not so continuous [see 1307].