Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 3175

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3175. There are two contraries in man and spirit

By experience I was taught that there can be two contraries in man and spirit, that he wants, and does not want [something]-the outer one so strong that he does not at all want it, but the inner one such that he cannot but want it. One experience is in the case of someone in whom I was allowed to see this, the other in the case of those from Jupiter who, being attacked by spirits of our planet, admitted that they did not want to remain, but from their inner parts, admitted that they cannot but want to remain: so in many other cases. 1748, 16 Sept.


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