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Barbara Rayel and the exhaustion of flying
Identifier
011634
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Hans Peter Duerr - Dreamtime
The public prosecutor in matters of faith in the service of the Duke of Lorraine writes,
‘Barbara Rayel says that many times during such flights she became so exhausted that upon returning home she would have to spend three days in bed before being able to stand on her feet again’
…Another woman reported during the return flight
‘such wind arose about her that she was hardly able to breathe and nearly choked to death’ …
Many women complain of dizziness and great tiredness the following day… Similar after effects can be observed in modern seers of spirits.
‘Long journeys carried out during ecstasy especially strained her, after one such ecstasy she suffered from hysterical blindness lasting half an hour, she staggered, felt her way hesitantly and had to be led’