Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2682

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2682. Scholars in the world darken the human understanding

It seems as though the learned were lights to the world, and enlightened human minds by instructing them, as they do claim to do, but by a spiritual mental image I saw plainly that it is they who darken enlightened minds, even turning the daylight of human minds into night. This is seen differently by many, but still it is the pure truth, confirmed out of heaven. 1748, 25 July.


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