437. That in respect of his interiors man is a spirit can be confirmed from the fact that after his separation from the body, which takes place when he dies, man goes on living as a man just as before. That I might be convinced of this it was granted to me to talk with nearly everyone I had ever known in their life in the body; with some for hours, with some for weeks and months and with some for years, and this chiefly that I might be sure of it and might testify to it.