Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5722

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5722. There are others who during their lifetime were utterly foul; that foulness was such that it must be passed over in silence here. By their presence and influx into the solid parts of the body they introduce a fatigued feeling of weariness with life and such sluggishness in one's members and limbs that one cannot get out of bed. They are most ungovernable; they are not deterred by punishments the way other devils are. They appear next to one's head, where they seem to be lying down. When they are driven away this is not achieved all of a sudden but slowly; they are rolled away gradually into the nether regions. When they reach a position deep down they suffer such great torment there that they are compelled to desist from plaguing others. So great is their delight in doing evil that nothing gives them greater delight.


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