In the earth of lower spirits there are many habitations, or many locations, where those who are being prepared are kept, some of which may be seen spoken of elsewhere [see 1741]. Approximately under the left foot, a little to the front at a considerable height, many spirits are kept in a dark place, their condition being almost midway between the life of the body and its sleep. There they think very little, only now and then recalling wrongs they had rashly committed in their lives. But this is certainly not for the purpose of tormenting their conscience, for they are the type of spirits who had not committed evil against a better conscience, or on purpose, and yet had done evil acting without forethought. For they could have known in bodily life what was wrong, because they had been taught from the Lord's Word; but the Lord's Word, after they had adopted their principles, could no longer penetrate because they persisted in their rash way of life.