Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 280

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280. THE HABITATION OF MANY, WHERE THEY SUPPOSE THEY BUILD CITIES, GIVING THEM AWAY FREELY This morning I was conducted into one of the habitations of the interior heaven where imaginations reign with manifold variety, and indeed to those of whom it was before said [n. 274] that they were elevated into a superior habitation, where they now seem to build cities and to give them to others: and in the city they seem to hide something secret which they do not wish to be discovered by anyone, lest it should be violated. There is a kind of innocence with them, for which reasons they are protected by infants. I remained with them a long time, and I could not but love their life, which was like a sweet sleep. 1747, Nov. 30. They are all infantile, nor do they know anything whatever of evil. They are also in a state of ignorance.


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