Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1129

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1129. The chief place where the suction is felt is in the middle part of the head almost under the zenith. The center of the suction is there, but they also spread it towards the region of the left ear and towards the sphere of the left eye, but with less sensation or pain. Those who spread it towards the ear are genii, those who do so towards the eye are spirits; they also act together, as I have heard from their speech. These are they who constitute the province of the receptaculum chyli, which they emulate by a syringe-like attraction similar to that by which the chyle is attracted from the intestines, and, for the tempering of this chyle, the lymph is attracted from the other viscera by way of the lymphatic vessels and glands. Hence I am confirmed in the opinion that the viscera of the body draw in everything that is suitable to them by a kind of attraction. It is the same in the case of the receptaculum chyli, the chyle and lymph.


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