Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1252

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1252. About a multitude of spirits concurring in one single action of a person on earth

It is remarkable that such a multitude of spirits work together [to produce] only a single action of a person on earth. They think no otherwise than that they are the person, and that it is they who are carrying out the action. For example, in only a single portrayal of my facial expression, I was shown how great a multitude there is. They spoke with me one after another, saying they thought it was their action. They also told what each one contributed, from the top of the forehead right down to the neck, differently from each other. For exactly as they were acting on it, my face was portrayed to me, and they spoke one after another with me, saying that they thought nothing else than that they were doing the action. But from so many, one display resulted, when yet so many spirits were working together.


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