Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1977

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1977. Then when I inquired what punishment is in store for them, I was told that they are very severely punished, and they did not want to make their punishment known-only that it is very severe, to the point that it is entirely as if they are not alive, that is, do not know they are alive, thus to the point where they have forgotten those criminal and wicked acts. For under the guise of holiness, they mix things up, and under the guise of holiness blot out the universal and chief purposes pertaining to the procreation of the human race. This kind of mixing up cannot but result in serious punishment, and almost a blotting out of their spiritual life. They are not far from the Sodomites, I have been told. Let those beware, therefore, who discover such tendencies in themselves; for in the other life, they will not be spared. 1748, 16 May.


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