By much and lengthy experience I have been shown that the spirits coming out of the world at this day are so ensnared by the worst evils, that it cannot go on, as I was shown today also. A lovely and innocent little child was displayed to my sight when my eyes were closed, whereupon spirits were very slightly given rein so they would reveal what they are like. Then I clearly discerned there were those who wanted to kill, some to trample, some to treat in a disgraceful manner, the one thus and the other so, acting in many ways against the innocent, these being their thoughts and inward urges. I said that these do not appear in common life, and was told that their interiors are now beginning to be such, and that if civil laws did not restrain them, they would rush into crimes like these. And unless it is in their interest for the sake of profit and honors, or their reputation, conscience is functioning little if at all today. So the last times of the world are at hand. Some of these spirits are laughing at these words, as was also shown, laughing at being such as they are, and laughing because it is said the last times are at hand. 1748, 12 Aug.