Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 942

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942. Not far from the filthy Jerusalem there is yet another city which is called Judgement of Gehenna, where people are who lay claim to heaven by virtue of their own righteousness. These also condemn others who do not live in accordance with their own delusions. Between this city and Gehenna there is what looks like a rather attractive bridge, pale or grey coloured, where a black spirit whom they dread prevents them from going across. Gehenna is seen on the other side of the bridge.


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