Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1135

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1135. It was also observed that these same demons and spirits pulled not only on the upper region of the head, but also on the soles of the feet. They draw the soles of the feet very noticeably, and this means that just as the chyle reservoir attracts the still somewhat crude nutriments, so do those same demons and spirits draw things which occur naturally, or without forethought. For a deceitful person, when fishing out things that others have said, especially picks up on, or draws, and remembers, thoughtless utterances, that is, crude ones. For later, with forethought, the same person normally says things differently, and also explains the words that had slipped from his mouth so that nothing bad may come of it. This [forethought] is just what those demons and spirits do not want. The correspondence of the chyle with these spirits and demons can thus be amply established. They are joined to people and spirits who are like them, and in this way all their thoughts are exposed in front of the circle they are in.


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