Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1775

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1775. About the sensation with spirits that their bodies live

The spirits of this earth have such a strong impression that they live in the body that it is hardly believable, and they can hardly be convinced otherwise. I have shown them by various methods that this is fantasy, and they finally acknowledged it, but still relapsed into the same fantasies. This is why their mind remains for a long time after death in the body, and it is also the reason that when spirits from the planet Jupiter who are averse to bodies are nearby, a great uneasiness arises on both sides. 1748, 29 March.


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