2955. I spoke with spirits about how the writings concerning these matters, when they are published, seem to be received, for evil spirits had several times poured in [the persuasion] that no one would understand them, but that they would reject them. Speaking just now with spirits on the street, I was given to see that there are five kinds of reception. First, there are those who entirely reject them, who are of a different conviction, and are enemies of the faith. These reject them, for the things written cannot be received by them because they cannot penetrate into their minds. The second kind are those who receive them as knowledge, and who take pleasure in them as knowledge, and also as curiosities. The third kind are those who take them up with the understanding, receiving them quite enthusiastically, but still remain as they were before in life. The fourth kind receive them with conviction, so that they penetrate [and bring] improvement to their life. They recall them in certain states, and put them to use. The fifth kind are they who receive them with joy, and are confirmed in them. 1748, 27 Aug.