1533. A SPIRIT SUPPOSED NO OTHERWISE THAN THAT IT WAS HE WHO WROTE A spirit was near me at the left while I was writing certain things, and when I had finished he thanked me for having assisted him in the writing; I knew that he supposed himself to be me, as is frequently the case. He went away and told others that he had known no otherwise than that it was he who was writing, although he did not know whether he had thought that it was his own hand that was doing the writing. He was speaking in this way to another spirit, and I suppose that if he had been with any other person he would scarcely have known other than that he had been writing with his own hand. Such is the cooperation of spirits with man. There were also others further away from me, who likewise wanted to claim something to themselves. It can thus be evident in what manner spirits cooperate.* 1748, Mar. 19. * Crossed out: "Co-operated with the prophets and the Evangelists, although as yet..."