1491. But these people at first sight appear such that one would not suspect them of such qualities, for a society of these spirits works gently, just as good spirits do. They even resemble angels in their yielding manner, and I was surprised that they were that kind of spirits, when I was told this. But it was said that while they are in their group, they are compelled to work in concert, and care is taken that one does not harm the other in any way, or say, much less do, anything insulting. As soon as this happens, the one then attacks the other, but inwardly. This was portrayed to me by a change of their yielding manner into subtle clashes, so to speak, with the result that they disperse, and are brought into different societies. This goes on until there is nowhere they are able to remain, and their hatreds, or loves of vengeance, break out, and are thus manifested before spirits and angels. Because they had imitated heavenly beings in bodily life, they are allowed even in the other life to imitate the heavenly-in fact, they even appear high overhead, in front, where the heavenly are. (Their location or height means nothing at all, as previously pointed out [639].)