692. It was given me to tell them farther, what kind of life awaited them, namely, that they are first received into the company of good spirits who willingly receive recent souls; but when they are unable to agree with them on account of the inverted order of their faith, they are then separated from them, as of their own accord. They are again received into the company of other spirits by whom also, when they are not in accord, they are rejected. Afterwards they are associated with spirits who are not good; when they are rejected by these, it is with penalties and punishment. Then they are left alone, so they walk from door to door and seek where they can be received, at length begging that they may be supplied with food and warmth. When they are thus received, and desire as in the life of the body to be eminent and more esteemed than others, then, if they desire their possessions, they cannot do otherwise than carry them off. Since such are punished in the life of the body, they are now punished [still more] severely and driven away. Afterwards they wander about alone in torn garments, begging, and this continues even until their pride or [love of] pre-eminence over others is abolished, or the desire of taking away the goods of others ceases. In this way they are at length devastated, and can be admitted into the company of such spirits as are in accord. This sometimes takes very many years - they say some hundreds, even some thousands of years - for the vastation of some lasts a long time. 1748, Feb. 9.