Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 871

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871. [Into that cone] are inserted those who by phantasies and because of the phantasies of reasonings, aspire to be on high, and so suppose that they are superior to others. This is evident from the place where the torture is inflicted. 1748, Feb. 19. Others, almost beneath the left foot, were also willing to undergo the same torture. They said that they had never felt anything more painful, nor believed that there could be. 1748, Sept. 11.* * This paragraph is crowded into a small space at the foot of the page. As the date indicates it was added some months after the preceding numbers, when Swedenborg was making the index.


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