4682. CONCERNING THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL; THEN CONCERNING THE LIGHT AND HEAT IN WHICH HEAVEN IS; AND LASTLY, CONCERNING THE DARKNESS AND COLD IN WHICH HELL IS. It was perceived that where the angels are, or in heaven, there is a serene aura of light, like morning and mid-day, and also warmth as of spring; and whatever is there, is in such light and heat. But, on the contrary, the infernals, or hell, are in a gross, cloud-laden and filthy atmosphere, and in cold which sometimes burns from the heat of cupidity. It was perceived, that, between those things, there is, in general, an equilibrium; and, so far as a spirit is in love, charity and thence in faith, so far is he in the aura of light; and conversely, in the internal atmosphere. Light has in itself intelligence; heat, wisdom; darkness, insanity; and cold, or filthy heat, folly. (((A certain one was let into the infernal atmosphere, and perception was given him, and he spoke thence. He said that the fury of insanity against good and truth, thus against the Lord, was so great that he was amazed; and it could never be resisted, because they breathed nothing else but slaughter and such things, with such vehemence, that they wished to destroy the whole heaven: wherefore, unless this was driven away by the Lord, the whole human race would perish.)))