Spirits who are deceitful are not permitted to be in the world of spirits except for the purpose of taking the poisons away from them or moderating them so that they cannot hurt anyone. But there are indeed many exceptions, being those who do evil from almost the same nature, and deceitfully to be sure, but still out of natural instinct. Those who do so with forethought, however, and who conceal their poisons, and thus bring on evil deceitfully, it is these who are not tolerated. A distinction is made between deceit as an instinct, and deceit as something premeditated. 1748, 17 Aug.