Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 955

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955. There are in addition various forms of punishment by which in the next life the evil are punished very severely. The evil incur them when they revert to their own foul desires. These punishments induce shame, terror, and horror over such things until the evil at length refrain from them. The punishments are various. In general there are punishments that involve being lacerated, those that involve being torn apart, and those that involve being put under veils, and many others.


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