815. CONCERNING THE FIRST ENTRANCE OF SOULS INTO THE OTHER LIFE As soon as souls come into the other life, they are for the most part received among societies of good spirits, unless they had been such as had led a contrary life, or had been altogether evil. Those in whom there had been what is good and just, and like qualities, are received by societies of good spirits who perform all kind offices; yea they even go so far as to introduce them into heaven, or into the company of angels, but only for the purpose of showing them heaven and its happiness and glory. Afterwards, however, they are remitted into their former state, and so their quality is examined by spirits, both covertly and openly. In this way they are either dissociated or associated according to their disposition as then proved.