501. THAT THE DRAGON TOGETHER WITH HIS STARS WAS CAST DOWN FROM HEAVEN TOWARDS HELL. ALSO WHAT HE LABORED TO DO THERE It may be seen above [nos. 417, 466, 487] that the dragon, together with others who had been his companions, was cast down from heaven, namely, from a lofty heaven, and indeed almost beneath the extremity of the spinal cord, or the organs of generation. There they now dwell with those whom they have seduced, who suppose that they are walking in the old Jerusalem and in its mire, and from there they continually strive to rise higher, but they are unable. I perceived their attempts. But they still remain in the lower parts, and from there labor continually against heavenly things, and indeed with continued blasphemies directed against that province where are those who correspond to celestial things; consequently they labor against the lowest things of man where they have their anterior and posterior seats. I felt this all through the night, but it was without any effect, although, as was said to me, there were continuous blasphemies. This they attempted, because while they were on the heights they tried by their phantasies to enter into celestial things themselves. 1748, Jan. 21.