4772. [4803] CONCERNING THOSE WHO ARE IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR DOCTRINALS, AND CONCERNING BEARS. There was a certain one who came to me, and spirits wondered who he could be. It was perceived, from his sphere, that the spirits were discordant with him; and he afterwards spoke, and said that he had been led into error, nor knew whither he came, and that he had [blindly] come to this place. He was a man who had been learned, and had confirmed himself in the principles of his doctrinals, and especially respecting faith, and against charity, concerning which things there had been much discourse; but, still, he was unwilling to be confirmed [in any doctrinal] save only when he had anything that directly approached his own [opinion]. He afterwards repaired to that congregation where are those who are from the Moravian Church, a little beneath towards the right; and, because there also [he wished] to rule them according to his own opinions, he was disagreeable to them and was cast out thence, when he appeared to fall in with a bear, which overcame him, and seemed to bite him, but was not able to do so. He said afterwards, that he frequently came across by and that they wished to ill-treat him, but in vain; and this so often, that he does not now care anything about them. It was said, by the angels, that those seem to be infested by bears who have confirmed themselves in principles of doctrinals, and tenaciously clung to them, and wished to rule other minds according to them, and thus to govern. Especially is this the case when the doctrinals are false. They are infested so long, until they no longer care to rule others, but are content that every one should remain in his own doctrine. [4804] I afterwards spoke with him who appeared as a bear. He was a little above the head; and it, was observed, that there was hostility, and, as it were, antipathy, amongst such as dispute about truths, and do not permit others to think every one according to his own understanding, but wish to govern the conscience of others. Hence it was plain, that every single vice has its own adversaries. He who was the bear, said that he does not know that he appears in such a guise, and, also, that he does not know whence the desire that he should be driven against the former one, came.