2687. Therefore people should beware who are given occasion to speak with spirits, lest they be led to believe those spirits are who they say they are, and thus convince them that those people are dead, as they are apt to claim, when yet they are alive. For those who are similar in kind and species, in mind and manners, conduct themselves similarly, with every resemblance derived from the knowledge of the person on earth with whom they are. This is further evident from the fact that such spirits are generally associated with those who are like the person they are with, and when present cannot tell they are not the same person. 1748, 26 July.