Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 951

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951. Angels are able to examine a person's mind as if it were separate from the person

Now once again [see 542], it was as if a part of the skull had been raised up toward heaven, and looked into, and as if it had been read what the person had been like, both what he had been like in regard to his desires, and then also what he had been like in his early childhood, what he had had in mind or intended; likewise, what thoughts he had had, and what dreams. In fact, two faces were shown to me bearing the same expressions they had when they had appeared to him in his boyhood. They resembled those against whom he had burned with rage. One of the faces was said to be like mine, although I could not recognize it; the second face was certainly a man's, but attractive like that of a rather adult virgin. In short, nothing in a mind being examined that the Lord allows to be disclosed, is left uncovered - neither thoughts, nor character acquired by deeds, nor anything else.


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