5723. Spirits have been present with me who brought on a stomachache so bad that I felt I could scarcely live; it was such as would have caused other people to faint. But those spirits were removed and the ache immediately ceased. I was told that they were the kind of spirits who during their lifetime had had no interest in anything at all, not even in their own home, only in sensual pleasure. They had led disgracefully lazy and inactive lives, showing no concern whatsoever for others. They had also cast all belief aside with contempt. In short, they were simply animals, not human beings. Among people who are sick the sphere emanating from those spirits introduces sluggishness into their members and limbs.