Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 562

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562. The prerogative which spirits have above men can also be made evident from the fact that the inhabitants* of that earth could also understand letters, both those that I wrote and those I read, as if they had been taught; thus they come into the possession of the things that are in man. * This refers to the inhabitants of Jupiter after death, as is evident from the reference in the Index (s.v. Spiritus): "The Jovinian Spirits could read what I wrote and what I read, although they have no letters"


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