1682. I asked them what becomes of those among them who are evil, for these spirits are upright, as mentioned. They declare that they are not allowed to be bad, and if any think badly or behave badly, they are first reproved by some spirit who tells them that if they do such things again, they will die. And they are not permitted to repeat the evil, for then they die, and in fact, by fainting. In this way that people is kept from the contagion of evils. One such spirit was with me, speaking to me just as he does to those of that place whom he scolds; and having spoken with me he also, as is their custom, brought on some pain to my abdomen. He then tells them what wrong they have thought or done, and punishes them with stomach pain, saying that if they repeat this, they will die. (This, with us, corresponds to the pangs of conscience, for with those who speak with spirits, these manifest themselves as outright pains.) And one of them said that they die by fainting, now adding that they become that kind of spirits, namely, the kind who torment, scold and warn people on earth. He was at the back of my head, speaking from there in a definitely wavy intonation. 1748, 25 March.