Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7376

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7376. From all this it may now be seen that those two kinds of love are the sources of all evils, for they are diametrically opposed to love towards the neighbour and love to the Lord. Accordingly they are diametrically opposed to heaven, where love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour reign. Consequently those kinds of love - self-love and love of the world - are what constitute hell with a person; for in hell these two kinds of love are what reign.


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