1013. Now these are people who in their life [in the world] utterly scorn anything pious, that is, anything heavenly and spiritual, and consequently the life that goes with it. They so despise it, in fact, that they inwardly, or even openly, cast aspersions on it, each in their own way. These are the ones who are sent, or rather, pushed, into this province at the back, that of the gallbladder, unawares whither they are drifting.
1013 1/2. A spirit approached me, asking whether I knew where he could stay. I considered him an upright one, judging from his speech, and when I told him that he could stay here, he was content. Then the spirits of this province whose role is vexation came up and annoyed him miserably. I was sorry, and tried to stop them, but they kept on, and I was unable to stop them. In this way I was taught that I was now in the province of the gallbladder.
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