Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1228

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1228. Such women then appear with long hair extending even to their waist which they desire to comb, for they take pleasure in their hair and make their elegance to consist therein, since the hair signifies such natural things as are merely formal. Their hair is spread all around them, and neither their head nor face appear, for the face signifies essentials. Moreover, they also appear naked around the waist, which signifies that they loved such things and supposed them to be beautiful. Such, then, do they appear to others; wherefore they are at once recognized as to their quality, and they cannot be associated except with those like themselves.


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