1385. Er zijn geesten, die tot de streek van de huid, vooral van de schubachtige huid behoren, die over alles willen redeneren en geenszins gewaarworden, wat goed en waar is, en die het zelfs hoe meer zij redeneren, des te minder gewaarworden, doordat zij in het redeneren de wijsheid stellen, en ook zo als wijs gezien te worden. Hun werd gezegd, dat de wijsheid van de engelen bestaat in het innerlijk gewaarworden of iets goed en waar is, zonder geredeneer; maar zij begrijpen niet, dat zo’n innerlijke gewaarwording kan bestaan Het zijn diegenen, die in het leven van het lichaam het goede en het ware verward hebben door wetenschappelijke en filosofische dingen, en zich vandaar voor geleerder hielden dan anderen en die van te voren niet enig beginsel van het ware uit het Woord hadden opgenomen; en zij hebben daarom minder gezonde rede.

3702. Besides this, she was the medium of evil demons, who inspired such things, and being thus a medium of both evil demons and of upright spirits, she was able to lead a persuasive life. For the more societies are coming together, the more perceptive and active a life they can lead. So I spoke with those who were in good societies, saying that it was wicked for them to have one medium in common with evil demons, even the worst kind, knowing that she had been seen several times in Gehenna, and that she had spoken through me when I was sleeping, and that now she is exercising different magical arts: and that if they are joined together in that medium, it would be like joining beelsebub with goodness, which would be wicked. For in that way they could be deceived more than ever, for such a deception surpasses all others. And if they should join their mental imagery together in one medium it would be as if she were conjoining them in herself, which is abominable and to be spewed out.

But still that persuasive aura due to the gathering together of so many societies was so strong that they could hardly be convinced otherwise, for through their own persuasive imagery and displays, she was still with them and seemed to strengthen them. And it was shown how much agreement and disagreement there was by means of white clouds in a sky blue background (for they were inward spirits), which, when emerging upwards, symbolized agreement, when going to the sides, that they were beginning to disagree, when downwards that they were disagreeing, in addition to which the clouds folded themselves together variously, changing their shape. The mental imagery of inward spirits is thus portrayed.