Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4629

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4629. To set down my entire experience involving the conversion of the spheres associated with perceptions into odours would take up a whole book. See what has been recorded already concerning them in 1514, 1517-1519, 1631, 3577, to which let simply the following be added. I once perceived the general drift of what many spirits were thinking about the Lord's being born a man (homo) and realized that it consisted of mere objections; for both the general drift and the particular point of spirits' thoughts are clearly perceptible to others. The odour of the sphere on this occasion, when perceived, was like stinking water, and like water contaminated by foul refuse.


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