At times I have observed, when certain spirits were outside [of me] and also speaking with me, and when they were thus holding me captive so that I could not get away from them, which has happened to me several times, then at the same time they also had their auxiliary spirits or troops in the head, either within or outside the brain. It was granted me to observe this by manifest experience, for when those outside with whom I was speaking were cast down, then the ones in the head flowed out, and indeed with a sound like something going out, and being pushed out, through the ear. It was evident that there were many, from the fact that now and then ten, twenty, more or less, seemed to be drawn out in this way by those who were outside and with whom they were as if bound together in society. It can also be inferred from this how a person is kept bound by an evil band of spirits, and that they are within as well as outside of the person, thus closing off the operation of angels. Nevertheless, the angels' operation slips in in a wonderful way like a more inward activity within an action, and so, the person is given to understand what is true and good, although with difficulty. 1747, the 24th day of November (old calendar).