Just as fantasies taken up by spirits while they lived on earth remain with them and return from time to time in the other life, so also does imagery taken in visually, such as beautiful glades, gardens, palaces, and the like, in which they had delighted in life. Souls after death are introduced into similar scenes, which vary according to each one's character, until they come into better ones. This is evident to me from experience and from talking now and then with those who have found a pleasant life in such surroundings. 1748, 23 Aug.