Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1083

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1083. On those who claim to be the Christ

There are those who claim to be Christ, as spoken of in the Gospels and Revelation [Matt. 24:5, 23-4; Mark 13:6, 21-2, Luke 21:8, cf. Rev. 19:20]. In the other life, these people are clearly marked, and in fact, by a flame that makes their cheek light up, so that at a distance there appears only a mouth, or fiery cheek, or flame. I have seen this and been told that it is such persons. No face was visible to me except a dark one, verging on blackness, and small. A cap or (mossa*) of black [cloth] was wound around the head like the white headdress of the Turks. This cap (mossa) and the flame of the mouth identifies them for what they are in the other life. So spirits shun them, and they cannot be brought into the company of anyone, except their wicked like. * Swedish for "cap."


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