777. CONCERNING CERTAIN RICH AND LUXURIOUS PERSONS IN THE WORLD There was a certain female spirit who in the life of the body had lived in luxury, and become rich from gifts, so that she was counted among the more wealthy, and she had furnished her table sumptuously. She had not indeed been born rich, but had become so. After the life of the body, such persons wander about seeking food like beggars and going about in torn garments; nor do they know otherwise than that they are in the life of the body. Thus their state is changed into a contrary one, which cannot be done except with pain. 1748, Feb. 15.