Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8482

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8482. 'And became putrid' means consequently something hellish. This is clear from the meaning of 'putrifying' as something foul and hellish. 'Putrifying' here is used in reference to evil and 'worm' to falsity, for when good becomes evil it is as when flesh or when bread putrifies. The falsity arising from that evil is like the worms produced there by what is putrid.


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