Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 818

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818. Moreover, even an appetite for eating is aroused in spirits - even though they know, and say and affirm that they know, that they cannot eat - and in fact an appetite for specific foods is aroused, as happened today. Then when I promised to eat the foods in question today, the spirit quieted down. Therefore, purely physical appetites do exist in spirits, which can be aroused by objects near a person, and then be aroused in the person by the spirit. 1748, 18 February.


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