Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 3324

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3324. I have been shown by actual experience that the breathing of the most ancient Church had been from the navel, or toward the inward, farther back region of the chest, and then upward by way of the lips, so their mental images were richer. Afterwards, when the state of the Church changed, breathing from the navel withdrew toward the abdominal region, and then upward toward the lips, so that little breathing was felt above and then [receded] progressively downwards until no breathing was felt of the chest. Then outward breathing began, consequently sound through the windpipe, larynx, throat, nostrils, tongue, lips, all of which chiefly govern sound and render it articulate. Hence now there was speech of the mouth, because entirely of the outside. All this made me realize that types of breathing succeeded one after another according to people's faith, thus according to how they received the aura of belief.


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