Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1281

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1281. Moreover, they are distinguished from others. For it was generally known that when they become such, or when they become evil, they cannot hide themselves from the other spirits whom they meet, for their phantasy then produces similar effects from which they can be at once recognized, as is said of Cain, and being such, they strike aversion and fear in others who fly away from them, and they, like Cain, are safe.


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