For several days an aura was given to me of considering that the dragon is not so evil as many others-that is, that he is deceitful, of course, but only outwardly. Whenever I was of this opinion and persuasion-because his nature has been known to me for such a long time, as well as that of others, and thus how he is comparatively-whenever I was of this persuasion and opinion, and directed that aura toward the dragon, then he could not stand it, because he does not want to be upright. For he loves all to be afraid of him and to be able thus to rule them by fear. So when he was in that aura of not being feared so much, he was brought into that state of mind about which he sometimes said that he cannot stand that aura, because it contained so many sentiments that he did not want, such as despisal, among many others.