Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1495

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1495. There is a place to the left of Gehenna, which also extends down under Gehenna, depending on the gravity of the punishments [to be inflicted], where there are nothing but dreadful, huge snakes, with wide bellies. Below Gehenna are the punishments of those who likewise breathe forth vengeance even to the point of murdering people's souls and cursing them to hell; for this is a very dreadful thing. Whatever another's religion is like, when one person feels differently from others one should never curse anyone to hell, for this vents the cruelest revenge, and therefore [results in] the cruelest punishment. The Lord loves all, whoever they may be in the world, for He has freed mankind from hell. Therefore, to exercise such hatred against a human being as to curse them to hell brings with it the punishment of being brought down under Gehenna-especially when they vent hatreds and revenge for worldly reasons.


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