Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1132

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1132. As for their way of working, the fact is that they join themselves to a spirit, as they did to me, and continually search out what he is thinking, and what he is like at the time. They grasp an object of thought, or some idea that comes up, and hold onto it tightly and do not withdraw until something else shows itself, which again they seize together with the former thought. So they more or less draw the thoughts of a spirit or a person on earth to themselves, and watch what else they are thinking about the same matter, joining it with the former thoughts, and so on, until they have found out the attitude of the person they are with. For they do not let the spirit or person on earth wander from their mental image, because what is put in front of us commands our consciousness, so when kept in the same idea, or confronted with the same object, all related thoughts cannot but come forward. Furthermore, they not only draw in this way whatever a person or spirit is thinking, but also what they are hoping for. So they constantly try to find out their desires; but this is not so much permitted. Every man and spirit is evil, and when on their own, their life is made up of mere desires.


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