Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2857

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2857. As for their hell, it is more horrible than the hell of others, and more horrible than the hell of those who murder from hatred, and of those who act without premeditated deceit. It is located towards the front, near the boundaries, and when they have been hurled thither-they may have been there before, and been sent out from there-then, it was said, they live among snakes, and the more subtle their deceitful poisons are, the more poisonous and cunning and the more numerous are the snakes that surround and torment them, so that the mere mention of it strikes horror. Such is the hell that awaits them, which is what their deceit turns into. 1748, 19 Aug.


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