They apply themselves to a spirit as they do to me, and continually explore what he is thinking about, and of what quality he then is. They seize upon the thought or idea which is presented and hold on to it tenaciously, nor do they recede from it until something else offers itself which they again seize upon conjointly with the former thought. In this way they, as it were, draw forth his thoughts from a spirit or a man, and clearly see what further he is thinking about the same matter, and this they conjoin with the former things, and so on continuously until they have explored the "animus" of the one with whom they are; for they do not permit the spirit or man to wander away from his own idea, inasmuch as the object [of his thought] activates the senses. Thus when he is held in the same idea or in the same object all the things related thereto must needs come forth. Moreover, in this way they attract not only whatever the man or spirit is thinking about, but also what he longs for, so that they are constantly eager to learn his cupidities; but this is not so permitted, for every man and spirit is evil, and from himself he has only the life of cupidities.