Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 729

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729. I later spoke with a certain robber, asking him who he was. He spoke with a deep voice like a giant, and said that he was seeking plunder that he might carry it away. I asked where he would store his plunder, and whether he knew that those things would be taken away from him, because they are nothing but phantasies. I also asked where he was. He said that he was in a desert, or desert places, seeking booty, and those he met he tortured in this manner so that they might be robbers together. At length he acknowledged that he was a spirit; but, because he is with me, he does not as yet know it, for he supposes that he is still living on the earth.


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