Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 291

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291. The power of the devil is mere illusion, and thus boasting, and he can be cast out by one innocent, and then be tormented by himself

It happened that one of the hellish gang came up to me stealthily and worked deceitfully. To expose this, he was sought out, and found, and then he spoke many boastful words about his power; he had even been invisible. When I had spoken with him for a little while, saying that he possessed no power but what it was permitted him to have, then he was allowed to exercise his powers, and when he had tried in vain to do so, he admitted that he had been able to accomplish nothing whatsoever here. And after he was told that one little child alone could cast him down, one of the smaller innocents was sent to him, who only approached him and, as it seemed to me, circled around him; and because of this he was overcome by such great anguish that he cried out and implored that the innocent might leave him, because he was feeling so oppressed and anguished that he could not describe it. 1747, the 3rd day of December.


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