Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 964

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964. There is also another kind of veil. In this case they are wrapped up in a cloth so to speak so that they seem to themselves to be tied hand, foot, and body; and an ardent desire comes over them to unwrap themselves. Because such a person has been wrapped round once only he imagines it is going to be easy to unwrap himself. But when he starts to do so the cloth gets longer and longer, and the unwrapping goes on endlessly till he reaches the point of despair.


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