Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 881

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881. CONCERNING A NAKED ARM SHOWN TO ME An arm was again shown me, but naked and bent forwards. It was then given me to know that arms represent strength, for such arms convey with them the fear of power, as on a former occasion when I was struck with terror. Such is the force of that arm that, if it were permitted, it could crush the bones of a living man, which is true although no one can believe it except from experience, concerning which see elsewhere in many places.


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