Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1071

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1071. CONCERNING THE PUNISHMENT OF A CERTAIN ONE WHO DESIRED TO DO EVERYTHING OF HIMSELF AS THOUGH HE ALONE WAS; AT THE SAME TIME HE IS DECEITFUL A certain spirit, who is now present at a distance almost above the forehead, wanted to arrange all things from himself and to speak as if he were the only one; thus he was not concerned whether other spirits were also present, because he wanted to arrange everything from his own brain. He was also an insinuator and was permitted to insinuate himself into some societies of the interior heaven, for he was accustomed to insinuate himself amongst married consorts in order that he might entice wives or unmarried daughters to whoredom. Thus his insinuations were at the same time also deceitful.


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