From much experience, I have learned that the souls of the dead consider it as certain that they are in the body and in the world, so that they will only grudgingly allow themselves to be persuaded that they are in the other life. If they are asked where they are, whether they are standing on the earth or soil, whether they have clothes on, as in the world, and things of this kind, they at once answer that they cannot imagine anything else. But presently, when they reflect upon the matter, they realize they are in the other life; and then some grieve, and some do not, depending on the life they led and the beliefs they held in the body. 1747, the 15th day of December.