Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 990

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990. Later those spirits did speak with me, but they spoke as one spirit. He told me that he had known and been able to speak several languages, as they did in the very early Church [see 972q/s], and he wanted to explain how this was done-which he did, convincingly. But whether it was right, I am doubtful. He behaved in this way because these spirits want to know all things, and are eager to explain them in terms of their illusions. They convince themselves that they are right. So they are the type of people who imagine they know the causes of all things, and are convinced and therefore believe that they came about in that way.


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