2761. motive than their own power and the possession of worldly goods, and I know that these people had not revealed such characteristics to the people they associated with.
In this way I was allowed to learn how depraved the inner character is which had even appeared so attached to their outer character that they were more or less one and the same, while others do not keep it so attached, but separated. Those spirits in the other life also do not show themselves in society as anything but civil minded, and zealously hide their own thoughts, but these are plainly out in the open to those in the inner realm of character. 1748, 7 Aug.
2761.) - the possession of the things in the world; and I know that such [persons] have not manifested such [characteristics] to [their] companions [in their world]. Hence it was granted me to know how depraved is the interior nature: which also appeared to me so conjoined with the exterior nature, that they made as it were one and the same, though [cum] others do not have them so conjoined, but separated. These spirits, in the other life, show also in society nothing else than what they regard as civil [civile] and study to conceal their thoughts, but these are plainly manifest [patent] to those who are in the interior sphere of nature. - 1748, August 7.
2761. [vide 2760]