Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1266

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1266. What stayed with him in the other life was that he especially wanted to kill innocent people, people who had done him no wrong, but good. He had longed for revenge. He was surprised that such matters were exposed after death, since he had thought no one in heaven knew about them, because no one on earth did. But he was told that while he was being tormented by pangs of conscience brought on him by spirits, they knew all about it. He could not answer, but admitted it.


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