Spiritual Experiences Minor (Buss) n. 4719

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4719. WHAT IS MEANT BY TRAILING A NET AND HAULING OUT FISHES. A certain one appeared, who outwardly seemed sincere, but was inwardly a devil, and his speech sounded as if sincere. Hence there were outwardly associated with him simple upright spirits, who do not perceive interiors - as happens in the other life. When he thought about this, that he attracted the simple upright, who [were so] because they were natural, he seemed, as it were, to have a net, and to plunge it down and bring it up, and thus to catch the upright.


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