Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 133

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133. Within every evil spirit is the will to be the lord of others and, within some, to be lords of the universe. Hence they are stupid, and so one is easily coerced by another. Each one of them wishes to subject man to himself as a most vile slave. Therefore, if God Messiah did not rule all, all men, being obsessed, would at once perish. (Dii, Dominus, Homo, Servus, Vinculum.)


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