I was prompted to tell that to spirits, which I clearly perceived by a general spiritual mental image, as now and then previously, [namely] that they have nothing from themselves, also that that life is a happy one. Both of these points I saw by a general spiritual idea, but they were very indignant that they have no power of themselves either to think, or to speak, since they are thinking, as they perceive the matter, that they live even more than the person on earth. I also slipped in the fact that they are unable to recall things past, or consider things future, either-thus that they are ruled by the Lord. On this account, I said their life is happy, but they were indignant. 1748, 27 Aug.