501. The dragon with his stars was cast out of heaven, toward hell, and what he is up to there [cf. Rev. 12:4, 9]
That the dragon was cast out of heaven, with the rest of those who had been his companions, you may see above [32-35, 417, 461-64, 466, 487], namely, from the very top of heaven down even lower than under the tail, or the generative members, where they now live, together with those they had led astray, who think they are walking about in ancient Jerusalem and in its mud, and are attempting continually to rise up, but cannot. I have seen their attempts, but they still remain in the lower parts, and from there they are continuously scheming against the heavenly regions. This they do by aiming unending blasphemies at the province where the parts are that interact with the heavenly regions, to wit, against the lowest human parts, where the front and rear foundation is. I felt this throughout the night, but it was without any effect, even though, as I was told, the blasphemies were unending. They scheme to do this, because when they were up high, they were attempting by means of their fantasies to enter into the heavenly regions themselves. 1748, the 21st day of January.