Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1084

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1084. Those, moreover, who acknowledge such spirits as Christ are also distinguished from others in the other life both by their caps, which are black, but of a square shape and a flat top, and also by their brawny body, naked to the loins, but black as if made dark from sweat with which something black has been mixed. Further, as they approach, they make, as it were, circles with their hands above the head of another, as if they were throwing some water over him. In this way these spirits are distinguished, for they appear in such forms as often as they are revealed to others, so that from their looks alone, who and of what quality they are may be known. 1748, Feb. 29.


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