3332. A spirit was shown that he could not speak of anything but whatever object might be presented to him through my thought
A certain evil spirit, speaking quite readily without holding back, said he was speaking from himself, so I just fixed my gaze on a fly; then he could not speak of anything but the fly as I watched it. I could not observe any thought content associated with my gaze. This taught me that he was not speaking from himself-so [much so], that he was soon unable to stop talking. 1748, 25 Sept.
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