Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2037

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2037. They also gave him all the help he needed, and whatever occurred to him to wish for or desire in thought, they gave him-everything he could possibly think of or wish for. For they are able to give whatever the souls wish for, because such things can be portrayed in a way that they seem to be real, entirely as if they had them in the world. The possession of worldly goods is entirely imaginary, and when the imagination possesses them in visible abundance, then he or she possesses them just as in the world, and delights in them.


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