1116. Afterwards something appears to the soul to be softly rolled from off the face also, in the same manner as hid been done from off the eye, so that he may put off what is human. But these things are done so softly that these same spirits who are now here present restrain me by every effort lest I should use any hurtful expression - a sign that they are afraid lest anything except that which is most soft should be felt, for they love everyone with whom they are present, thus every soul whom they assist. The membrane having thus been, as it were, rolled from off the face, according to the appearance and sensation of the subject, there is then induced upon him the perception that he is a spirit, as has also been induced upon me [now], and on several former occasions.