AC 7501 - What Evil Spirits Do; AC 7502 - "Field"

AC 7501 - What Evil Spirits Do

When evil spirits assault anyone,
they know how to instill themselves
into the delights that belong to his cupidities (greeds),
and also into the pleasant feelings
connected with his principles,
thus into all things of his love;
and so long as they are engaged in this instilling
they withhold the person whom they are infesting
as if bound,
nor can he be loosed,
however he struggles,
except with the Lord's Divine aid,
for love
and instilling into the delight of the love
conjoin.
Such is the art
employed by evil spirits and genii in the other life.
The same thing is seen in this world;
for he who instills himself into another's delight
which is of his love,
holds him bound and also leads him.

AC 7502 - "Field"

That "field" denotes the church
is because the seeds sown in a field
mean the truths which are of faith,
and also because the produce from the field,
such as wheat, barley, spelt, and so forth,
denotes the goods which are of charity,
and the truths which are of faith,
thus such things as belong to the church.