I spoke with good spirits who thought I was thinking something evil and said that this was my nature, and I was therefore not pure. But I was given to reply that this is just like with the reflection in a mirror, which those who do not know better suppose to be the person himself, when yet it is not. For both the desire and the evil is aroused by evil spirits, and because the person has faith, nothing of it clings to him or her, nor is it accounted to them. Rather, it is turned into something good, for such a thing is not aroused in one who has faith except for the purpose of being improved, and regenerated. So it is like a deceptive reflection that gives the impression of being the person, whereas it is the fantasies of spirits, and nothing else, that are being communicated, giving the impression of belonging to the person. With this reply they were very satisfied, because they were good and faithful spirits. 1748, 19 May.