Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1228

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1228. They then appear with long hair stretching down to the waist, which they like to comb. They take much pleasure in long hair and find it tasteful, for hair symbolizes earthly fashions. Their head and face, however, do not show, because the hair is spread over them, and the face symbolizes essentials. They also appear naked around the middle part of the body, which means that they had loved [worldly graces]* and thought them beautiful. This, then, is how they look to others, so they are at once recognized for what they are, and they cannot associate with any others but their own kind. * See index at Decorum.


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