Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1100

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1100. Moreover, the celestial, by means of spirits, are likewise sensible of an aromatic odor, as when a dead body is embalmed. It has also been granted me manifestly to sensate this on two occasions. This happens because the celestial are present, for what is cadaverous is not then sensated, but something aromatic, so that evil genii dare not approach, still less spirits. There is also sensated an odor as of human excrement, but yet it is not unpleasant for the same reason, namely, that the celestial are present.


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