Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1806

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1806. The punishment of these spirits is to be thrown into a spin on the horizontal, also in many other zones of the circle, especially from the left toward the right; then they are also driven into spirals. But these motions of rolling and spinning are met with a struggle, doubling their intensity and causing much torment, which lasts for a long time, sometimes going on for several hours. This is one of the punishments of hell. In their thoughts and inward struggling they labor and resist, but nevertheless they are forcefully driven on, at the same time being afflicted with annoyance, but also pain.


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