Every time a smaller or larger number of the diabolic gang, or those from hell, were allowed to draw near, I was seized with varying degrees of cold, and indeed, in different parts of the body - around the head, at the ears, around the body, on the feet. I could tell by the cold that they were coming, as well as by a usually chilly gust of air; and on almost every occasion I even spoke with them. As said before [372-3], they are governed by an evil or a wicked nature, as if by instinct, and are entirely irrational, not knowing what they are doing, and yet imagine themselves to be more intelligent than all in heaven and completely in charge. For this reason, since their wickedness is ingrafted and they are incapable of understanding, I was obliged out of pity to speak kindly with them. This surprised some who had not long before departed life in the body and had brought with them the idea that one should not speak with a devil, but rather should constantly chastise them. However, they were then instructed on this point: for when God the Messiah is protecting someone, nothing can harm him, nor does it harm him if the whole of hell should close in on him, both from without and from within, as much supernatural experience has proven to me. 1747, the 26th day of December.