3394. He then spoke with me and was in the same place as before, and he was surprised that he was now different, not knowing that he had undergone such contortions, just surprised that he was different, saying then that he had changed, because now he was in the company of inward spirits. But still he was shown that he could be brought back into the earlier state. In that state of a first inauguration into an angelic one, it was granted him, inwardly moved, to praise the Lord, and to give thanks. I was allowed also to feel some of his emotion, because he still resisted due to his desire for glory during his life, which was so great as to exceed the desires of almost all others. He was almost of this character, yet still to a lesser extent, as were the Romans in their time, but the Romans were braver than he. But it was shown that the Romans' bravery was insane.