380. MOREOVER THERE ARE OTHER STATES WHICH AFFLICT SOULS Besides the states mentioned, there are also others; for instance, [souls] suppose that they are carrying men on their back, who question them without stopping until they have found a true reply; they carry them as a burden, nor can they be released from them before the time of separation comes. Some are [afflicted] differently: they lie on their back on a downward slope, and there they desire to stay; there are those there who comfort them, but these are content with their lot, for the extreme [suffering] has been removed. There are also those who wander about, and wherever they go they inquire whether there is any work for them which ought to be done; after a reply that there is no work, they go on further, and this until they find some. 1747, Dec. 23.