3006. That insane person spoken of above [3003], because he had been called forth by such spirits to attack me while I was sleeping, which is utterly forbidden, that is, to lie in wait for a sleeping person, therefore he was cast down from some higher place and onto the lowest part of the earth, and there bound to a kind of long pole or stationary axis, and there he was bound around and stretched out as if he were the axis, not a spirit, concerning which snare he was made to be convinced. Then from there, he was let back into his place to live secluded from the society of others, and among those who had a like fantasy, everyone attacking another by like fantasies and persuasive gazes. From this one may conclude what kind of torment results until he puts off the habit. 1748, 31 Aug.