When their god whom they had worshipped, spoken of earlier [3267-86], had become angry at being thus exposed to his spirits-having become angry, he was trying to harm me by his own methods, by throwing himself upon my head, and I do not know what other curses or magic tricks he tried, but what he practiced in his own way was felt. I was feeling something within me like air being breathed out. I told him that I know about how this is done, that is, how they breathe when they are moving the lips [3278], among other like tricks that I do not remember, telling him that he cannot harm me at all, seeking the while to sleep. And then I fell asleep, and dreamed about my lost writings,* and the fireplaces in which they were burnt up. Awakened from that sleep, I saw around me many spirits, also some who were of that earth, as well as good angelic spirits in midst of the crowd of them. * See te preface to Experientiae Spirituales, Vol. I, pp. xxx-xxxiii.