Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1163

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1163. Yet the spiritual do like milk quite a bit, especially raw milk, for when I drank milk, I could hardly describe how delicious it was. So Milk pertains to the spiritual, but butter to the heavenly. It is not that they enjoy them as foods, but because of what they portray and symbolize. 1748, 3, 4 March. This arises from the agreement [of the odors] with their auras, which are also portrayed by odors.


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