Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1396

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1396. About those at the right bank of the swamp who try to kill each other with various tools [1383]

Some of them came to me from there, saying that they are continually killing each other, saying that they had been the kind in life who harbored the deepest hatred against their neighbor, and whenever opportunities arose, it broke out. From this they got their enjoyments, always loving legal disputes and having their neighbor summoned up for judgment, punishments and fines; in these they take pleasure. If legal punishments did not hold them back, these people would rush upon their neighbor, and try to cut him up and kill him.


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