Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2813

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2813. that they sensed dreadful and repulsive things, which I did not see or sense at the time. Later, when they were in the cavity of the occiput, I felt and heard their ongoing murmur. And then I also saw what the spirits had seen before, namely, many different black human images. In short, it was foreboding and repulsive to see, and it was said that they seem to themselves to spend their time in dirty and uninviting places. Of this kind I have seen one before. When I was thinking to pass through the gate, another gate at the side was opened to me, where there was foreboding and emptiness, like (uti hohla och stygga windar*). * Swedish for "in empty and foul attics."


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