Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1460

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1460. A sign of the future regarding mankind's inward and very inward doctrine

First it was portrayed in sleep that I was imprisoned, and escaped from the prison, then awoke. Pursuing spirits were chasing someone like me. I did not see or sense that it was I, but they were crying that they are now catching him, now not catching him, for he was in flight, and others were looking on to see whether they were catching up with him. Because they thought it was I, and yet I was awake and did not realize it, it is apparent that they were asleep, and kept on sleeping. They finally caught up with him and cried out that he was caught; and then that spirit came to me.


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