Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1110

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1110. Those who for some selfish reason want to kill innocent people, or hurt them in any way, are hurrying along the road to hell

There were spirits whom I took to be good, because they were in company with good ones. From some covetous desire to claim for themselves things belonging to good and innocent people, which was their intent while they were still in company with the good, they suddenly hurried onto a road at the back, toward hell. I was surprised at this, because I had suspected no such thing. I was told that every attempt and intention of this kind, namely, of grabbing innocent people's life and rightful possessions away from them, has hell within it. This is the reason they hurried onto a road toward hell. 1748, 1 March.


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