2940. A conversation with some spirits about the holy spirit
Certain spirits far away from me, almost directly forwards with respect to the right temple, were indignant that it was said there is no holy spirit except the holiness that is from the Lord and appears in angels and good spirits. One said he wanted to show that there is a holy spirit, but when I was prompted to ask him whence came the sanctity of Aaron, of the altar, of the [sacrificial] victim, of the tabernacle, of Aaron's garments-which were so holy that if they only touched them they became holy-can holiness be predicated of them? To these words he made no reply. Further, [I said,] that spirits and angels had been people on earth, in whom there is nothing but sin; whence is their holiness? To this also he was unable to reply. Then, [I added,] that fanatics and Quakers claim they are led by the holy spirit, and are convinced of it-is it therefore the holy spirit that convinces them of such things? Now I perceive that he wants to say that the holy spirit