1850. How those are portrayed who think they deserve heaven by undergoing debasements and supplications There are those who think they deserve heaven because of their earnest prayers, and yet who pray, not for others, much less for all, but for themselves alone. Their prayers, therefore, are not heard, except perhaps in earthly matters. A female spirit of this kind was displayed, above the level of the right eye, somewhat to the right, at a middle distance. She was wrapped about from head to foot with dirty linen, so that her face and head did not show. Standing upright, she would then fall to her face, creeping on the ground. But this was a humbling from one's own power. It was for this reason that some of almost the same type used to perform humiliation with sackcloth.