Certain spirits, upon hearing that in man and spirit, and angel, is nothing but evil, which is their own, when they were carrying out some wickedness such as deceptions and the like, were saying about me and the others that we were just like they are, being nothing but evil. That was their conclusion. They received the reply that nothing but evil is in everyone, but with unlimited diversity and variety. For the inclination of one person toward this or that evil is lesser or greater, and there are many blends of evils, as there are of loves and passions, just as the passions are joined to appetites of the body and its enjoyments. In short, the diversities and varieties are unlimited, [more than] can be corrected to all eternity. 1748, 3 June.