Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1279

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1279. In that very deep hell the stench is so putrid and cadaverous, like the stench of dead bodies, that it would offend the ears if it were described, and yet those spirits are so delighted with such stenches that they prefer them to the most delightful odors; that exhalation, which they carry with them, is indeed poisonous and pestilential. It can thence be evident that such spirits carry with them stenches which irritate the interiors of the stomach.


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