In the other life, such terror can strike people that they almost melt away, even those who during their life had not experienced any terror. Actually, the terror results from truth devoid of goodness, or mercy. This terror then penetrates to the marrows, and almost breaks the bones. For truth condemns, and indeed, to the lowest hell, and without any end in sight. But this terror did not come over these spirits; for truth, or the terror of truth, invaded only one, who had been the kind that thought he could never be frightened. But afterwards he admitted that all his courage had been taken away, and he had been brought very low. In the same way terror is also brought on by an arm, a naked one, spoken of earlier [881-2]. 1748, 25 February.