Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 237

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237. Just as love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour constitute the life of heaven with man, so the love of self and the love of the world, when they are dominant, constitute the life of hell; for the latter loves are opposed to the former loves. Those therefore with whom the loves of self and the are dominant, cannot receive anything from heaven, so that what they receive comes from hell; for whatever a man loves, and whatever he believes, comes either from heaven or from hell.


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