Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1928

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1928. One arouses spirits of the same character and feeling as oneself

That a person's states are changing day by day, every hour, even every minute, is obvious. Therefore, there are very many states of understanding, and states of feeling. Now there is something dominant in each person, and no matter what state a person slips or comes into, there are spirits who had had the same ruling passion in their life interacting and cooperating. So they are not always the same, but many different ones, and all of them think they are the person; in my case, only that they were with me. This is the fact of the matter, as I was assured today by experience, when I was observing the changes of state and also the speaking of the spirits interacting with me. I spoke with them, and they admitted that it was they, indignant that they were of that character, for now they were recognizing themselves.


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