London, England — 22 March 1677
Assaulted by unknown entities
Spiritual writer Jane Lead wrote that during the night she had been “cast as into a magical Sleep, where I saw my self carried into a Wilderness.” There she found herself in a peaceful, natural environment. Before she could enjoy these circumstances, however, a being that she had seen before and two other female entities “did make a kind of Assault upon me; but one of the Females was more fierce, and did give my outward Skin a prick, as with a sharp Needle. Upon which I called for Angelical aid to succour me, or else too hard they would be. Whereupon I was parted from them, and saw them in that place no more…” Lead writes that after this vision, before waking up in bed, she was told that she needn’t worry, that it would not happen to her again.
Source: The Works of Jane Lead, op. cit. Case: W247