352. THAT SOULS AFTER DEATH SUPPOSE IT IS CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE LIVING IN THE BODY From much experience I have learnt that the souls of the dead suppose, as if it were certain, that they are in the body and in the world, so that it is with difficulty that they suffer themselves to be persuaded that they are in the other life. If they are asked where they are, whether they are standing on land or ground, whether they have garments as in the world, and such things, they at once reply that they cannot suppose anything else. But presently, when they reflect upon it, they become aware that they are in the other life. Some then grieve, but some do not, according to their life and faith in the body. 1747, Dec. 15.