1853. Spirits are persuaded by outer means about inner conditions
Whatever is in a person's fantasy enters the fantasy of spirits, and they are persuaded that it is real, as I learned just now, for example, when I only thought about having (en luden mossa pa hufwudet*) that prevented them from seeing the interiors of my brain, or its thoughts. They said immediately that nothing was visible, and that their sight was thus obstructed. Presently good spirits also were near, thinking they had been shut in between that cap and my head, and were growing warm, which they said they seemed to feel. They added that fantasy is therefore ruling, as it does in many other cases, and so they are persuaded about inner conditions by outer means. * Swedish for "a furry cap on my head."