2759. A kind of swell surged up from the underground realm on my right. I learned that it was composed of a large number of spirits from among the common people, uneducated but not immoral. They were peasants and other simple people. When I spoke with them, they said they knew the Lord and commended themselves to his name. Beyond this they knew little of faith or its mysteries. Later, there rose up another group that knew a little more. I sensed that their inner depths were capable of opening up. (This is something that can be perceived plainly in the other world.) They had a conscience, which was communicated to me so I would know, and I learned that they had led lives of simple love for their married partners. They themselves said they loved their spouses and shunned adultery. Clearly this was a matter of conscience for them, because they said, "We have to; anything else would go against our will."

In the other life, people like this receive instruction and learn to love goodness and believe truth more fully. In the end they are welcomed among the angels.

[Continued in Volume 4]