1938. Spirits who have been with me were many times surprised and astonished that they were with people in the way they are, and were with me, just as if they were people in the world, and in a body. Some again today were surprised at this, for they cannot tell otherwise than that they are the people with whom they are, with no difference whatever. They come at once into possession of all that is in the person, namely of the memory, while yet the person is left alone, being a spirit also, and therefore in their company, as I was often allowed to prove to the spirits. 1748, 12 May.