352.死后的灵魂确以为他们活在肉身。我从大量经历获知，死人的灵魂以为，可以说确定自己活在肉身和世界，以致他们很难允许自己被说服相信他们在来世。若问他们在哪里，是站在陆地上还是站在地面上，有没有如在世上那样的衣服，以及诸如此类的事，他们立刻回答说，他们不可能想到别的。但此刻，当他们反思这个问题时，便意识到他们在来世；那时，有些人就悲伤，有些人则不，这取决于他们的生活和在肉身时所持的信仰。（1747年12月15日）
352. Souls after death think for certain that they are living in the body.
From much experience, I have learned that the souls of the dead consider it as certain that they are in the body and in the world, so that they will only grudgingly allow themselves to be persuaded that they are in the other life. If they are asked where they are, whether they are standing on the earth or soil, whether they have clothes on, as in the world, and things of this kind, they at once answer that they cannot imagine anything else. But presently, when they reflect upon the matter, they realize they are in the other life; and then some grieve, and some do not, depending on the life they led and the beliefs they held in the body. 1747, the 15th day of December.
352. THAT SOULS AFTER DEATH SUPPOSE IT IS CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE LIVING IN THE BODY
From much experience I have learnt that the souls of the dead suppose, as if it were certain, that they are in the body and in the world, so that it is with difficulty that they suffer themselves to be persuaded that they are in the other life. If they are asked where they are, whether they are standing on land or ground, whether they have garments as in the world, and such things, they at once reply that they cannot suppose anything else. But presently, when they reflect upon it, they become aware that they are in the other life. Some then grieve, but some do not, according to their life and faith in the body. 1747, Dec. 15.
352. Quod animae post mortem putent pro certo, quod in corpore vivant
Ex pluri experientia edoctus sum, quod animae mortuorum pro certo quasi putent, quod in corpore sint et in mundo, sic ut aegre se persuaderi patiantur, quod in altera vita sint. Si iis interrogatur ubinam sint, num insistant terrae aut solo, num habeant vestes sicut in mundo et similia, respondent illico, quod non aliter putent, sed mox cum in id reflectunt, appercipiunt, quod in altera vita sint, quidam 1
tunc dolent, quidam autem non, secundum eorum vitam et fidem in corpore. 1747, die 15 Dec.
Footnotes:
1. This is how it appears in J.F.I. Tafel's edition; the Manuscript has quidem