Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 536

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536. It is remarkable that when the inhabitant of the planet Jupiter was shown to me, fiery in front, splitting the wood at his feet, it appeared to me as if it were a person whom he was thus striking, just as it did to the wood-cutters of our earth [271-3, 330], although it was only wood. From this one can infer that the illusion still persists that it is the Lord, even though they substitute wood in place of the Lord. How it looks to them, I do not know; but such an illusion occurs among others also. This shows what is hidden away in claiming merit to oneself. 1748, the 25th day of January.


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