439- What is the difference between ecstasy and somnambulism?
“Ecstasy is a more refined type of somnambulism – the soul of the ecstatic is more independent.”
440- Does the soul of the ecstatic really go to higher realms?
“Yes, it sees them and comprehends the happiness of those who dwell there, which is why they would like to remain there; however, there are realms inaccessible to spirits who are not sufficiently purified.”
441- When ecstatics express the desire to leave the earth, do they speak sincerely? And doesn’t the preservation instinct retain them?
“That depends on the spirit’s degree of purification. If it sees that its future situation will be better than the present life, it makes an effort to break the ties that bind it to the earth.”
442- If we were to abandon ecstatics to themselves, could their soul definitively abandon their body?
“Yes, they could die; that is why it is necessary to call them back by means of everything that might attach them to this world, above all making them understand that if the chain that holds them here were to break, it would actually be the best means of not remaining in that place where they see that they could be so happy.”
443- Ecstatics claim to see things that are obviously the product of an imagination overly excited by earthly beliefs and prejudices. Thus, isn’t what they see unreal?
“What they see is real to them, but since their spirit is always under the influence of earthly ideas, they may see it in their own way, or rather, they may express it in a language according to the prejudices and ideas they were raised with or the ones you were raised with, in order to make themselves better understood. It is especially in this sense that they can err.”
444- What degree of trust can be placed in ecstatics’ revelations?
“Ecstatics can be mistaken quite frequently, especially when they want to grasp what must remain a mystery for humankind. In such cases, they may transmit their own ideas, or they may become the pawns of deceiving spirits who take advantage of their enthusiasm in order to delude them.”
445- What consequences may be drawn from the phenomena of somnambulism and ecstasy? Could they be a sort of glimpse into the future life?
“Or better stated, they get a glimpse into the past and future life. Humans should study these phenomena because they will find in them the solution to more than one mystery that their reason has tried to grasp in vain.”
446- Could the phenomena of somnambulism and ecstasy be brought into harmony with materialism?
“Those who study them in good faith and without preconceived ideas could be neither materialist nor atheist.”
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