796. About the raising up of whatever resides in a person's memory, by spirits
It has often struck me as amazing how spirits can raise up the appropriate items from a person's memory, and indeed, instantaneously, in any situation. This is due to the fact that [something in it] interacts with their desire, which then works in secret upon the memory.
796. CONCERNING THE EXCITATION BY SPIRITS OF SUCH THINGS AS ARE IN MAN'S MEMORY
It has often occurred to me as wonderful how spirits can excite from man's memory those things that are in agreement with themselves, even in a moment, and on any occasion whatever; this comes to pass, because it corresponds to their cupidity, which thus acts latently into the memory.
796. De excitatione eorum quae sunt in memoria hominis, a spiritibus
Mirabile mihi obvenit saepius, quomodo spiritus excitare possint e memoria hominis, ea quae convenientia sunt, et quidem ex tempore, in quacunque occasione, quod inde fit, quia correspondet eorum cupiditati, quae latenter sic agit in memoriam.