Spiritual Experiences Minor (Buss) n. 4573

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4573. CONCERNING THE WHITE JESUITS. There are Jesuits who wished, in the life of the body, to obtain everything by means of prayers, in order that they might thus command others, in the life of the body and in the other life: so that the prayers were for the sake of self as an end. They prayed in their manner, out of their books, which are in daily use, and which they read daily, according to ecclesiastical regulation. They appear small, with bright clothing, forwards, near the earth, a little to the left. They descend into their hell, by means of ladders, and ascend by means of ladders just as angels are represented [to have ascended and descended] by means of a ladder, when seen by Jacob. They ascended, and then they were seen standing in a line with books in their hands, reading. They are able to deceive the ignorant; but, since their reading and praying regards themselves, it may hence also be inferred what their quality is, and that they suppose themselves to be just, from themselves.


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