The world of spirits is of that nature, that when restraints are relaxed even a little bit, they at once become indignant and angry. And I have been allowed to see and feel how indignation and anger reigns in the world of spirits in the smallest parts of the senses and perceptions, to the point that not the least recess exists that is not occupied by an indignation and anger that is general, or pertains to the whole aura, and is turned into evil. The reason is that when hatred prevails, so also does this general atmosphere of indignation and anger against everything that is true and good. I speak from actual experience. So unless these auras, of dizziness, so to speak, or vertigoes, were tamed by the Lord, a person could not possibly keep from at once destroying all that was ever good and true to him or her, even all that was ever pleasant. For indignation and anger is there as soon as something is happy or pleasant for another; it is there when there is envy, because this comes from hatred. 1748, 12 June.