562. The evils which those have who are in the love of self are, in general, contempt of others, envy, enmity against all who do not favour them, and consequent hostility, hatred of various kinds, revenge, cunning, deceit, unmercifulness, and cruelty; and as to religious matters, there is not merely a contempt for the Divine and for the Divine things that are the truths and goods of the Church, but also anger against them. When man becomes a spirit this hostility is turned into hatred; and then he not only cannot endure to hear these truths and goods mentioned, he even burns with hatred against all who acknowledge and worship the Divine. I talked with a certain spirit who in the world had been a man in authority, and had loved self to an unusual degree; and when he merely heard someone mention the Divine, and especially when he heard him mention the Lord, he was so excited by hatred arising from anger as to burn with desire for his death; and when the reins of his love were loosened he wished to be the devil himself, so that from his love of self he might continually infest heaven. This is the desire also of many of the Pontificial religion when they perceive in the other life that the Lord has all power and they have none.