Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1842

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1842. Some others also were introduced into that field, so that I would understand what they were like. They were the kind who were trying from their own power to be innocent, which was an angelic field. At that time their state of mind was portrayed to me as a little child, symbolizing innocence, who was throwing up milk out of its mouth. This is the condition that field brings on those who put on innocence, trying to be innocent from their own power. They can tolerate it no more than those stomachs that cannot tolerate milk, when milk is poured into them, and because they cannot stand it, throw it up, just as the stomachs are apt to do of those who have indulged too much intoxicating beverage.


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