180. CONCERNING VARIOUS KINDS OF SPIRITS AND THEIR SPORTS This night I also observed that there were spirits who represented dreams, and that this was their life whilst man is asleep; and that when many persons are dreamed of, each of those spirits took the role of one person. I manifestly discovered this when I awoke, for I then spoke for quite a time with those who acted the part of this or that person. The phantasies of evil spirits are dire and cruel, the spirits taking delight in cruelly treating men; in order that I might perceive this, their savagery was continued for some time after I awoke, nor could they desist.