Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 2641

Previous Number Next Number Next Translation See Latin 

2641. As respects the brick-kiln [furnace] [fornacem] there [mentioned], it is a sort of a large, round vessel of wood, wherein men seem to themselves to be cast, rolling around, and so fall out, and are again thrown in when they die, in order that they may represent that they were thus spewed out. That he made them pass through fire, or a lighted furnace, is denied; for it is forbidden to bring the like on themselves in hell by phantasies, for thus they are tormented most grievously, for they are greatly horrified at the phantasy of fire.


This page is part of the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

© 2000-2001 The Academy of the New Church