Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1105

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1105. For quite a long time, several weeks, heavenly [angels] were present with me, occupying the region of my head. They did not speak, but were only thinking, which in fact they did so silently that I knew nothing of what they were thinking, except that they regarded all the fallacies, falsities, thus nonsense, of those who are spiritual as nothing-not at all ridiculing, but simply treating them as nothing, and remaining in their calm state of mind, yet all the while thinking. They seldom speak, but still I was clearly aware of their presence-indeed, more clearly than I could possibly express. They even spoke with me just now, yet not as the spiritual [angels], but inwardly, without any sound. It is a language-if anyone can grasp this-like a speaking without the accompanying sound; and, in fact, they are now even speaking words, which rarely happens. This is a sign that they do actually begin to speak with souls after their death in this way, and do not abandon them, but stay close by them in the vicinity of the head.


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