Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 3090

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3090. When he was told that still more subtle spirits exist, who flowed in smoothly and thereby won over him in subtlety, he was raised higher overhead in the line of the zenith, and was there together with them. He told that they mastered him and were able to entice him flatteringly by occult enchantments, so that he was being led by them to the point that he was unaware of it. They were the ones who creep into a person's desires, favoring them, and thus enticing toward evil. They do not dare to slip in their deceptions beyond where they deem themselves safe, fearing for the loss of their own life and freedom.


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