Spiritual Experiences Minor (Buss) n. 4658

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4658. THAT, JUST AS HYPOCRITES INDUCE PAINS OF THE TEETH, SO OTHER SPIRITS INDUCE OTHER PAINS OF THE BODY CORRESPONDING [TO THEIR OWN CHARACTER]. 4658. There was a spirit who, merely on approaching me, so racked my body by wrenching, that I was as if altogether broken in pieces. It was a peculiar mode of wrenching, of what nature had not been evident to me.


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