1248. They were also told that even if they should enter into other societies, they would be immediately recognized and so cast out from them as scum. For after the first period of life after death, concerning which see above [n. 1107], and after being cast out from the societies of other spirits many times, they at length acquire a mark as it were like Cain, by which they are known wherever they go. They are recognized not only from their deceit and pride, but also from other signs, for example, their faces no longer appear human but look like gray lime, as if they had nothing whatever of life but were like statues; others appear differently. Although to themselves they appear no otherwise than as men, yet to others they appear as described, with a variety in accordance with their minds [animus]. There are also other signs which they successively contract, as when they are punished.