Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1494

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1494. There are angels who temper and relax the punishment, or, in the measure of the spirits' longing [for revenge], permit it to intensify. For the angels sense how much the horror increases, and how much the passion for revenge and the resulting delight in it are abated. Thus it becomes still more evident what kind and how much of the passion for revenge there is, and thereby the kinds and amounts of enjoyment.


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