Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1071

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1071. On the punishment of one who wanted to do everything of himself, as if it were he alone; and who was deceitful as well

A certain spirit, who is present even now at a distance almost above the forehead, wanted to manage all things by himself, and speak as if it were he alone. So he was not anxious whether there were other spirits [involved], but indeed wanted to arrange every detail from his own brain. At the same time, he was also adept at mixing, and he was permitted to slip into several societies of the inward heaven. For he had been in the habit of mixing in with married partners in order to seduce the wives or unwed daughters, so his social mixing was deceitful as well.


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