Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 5751

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5751. THE ABYSS. (((((( The abyss* into which the dragon was at length cast, which is treated of in the Apocalypse,* is completely and directly under the genitals. There appears there a great and spacious cavern, black and gloomy. Thither was cast the dragon himself (Bishop Benzelius), and many who adhered to him; who, as they arrived at the depth, were shut up in the midst. Thither; also, were cast those who were able to feign innocence, - who, in the world, were with infants, and learned to play and act with them, and, yet, lived a wicked life and were prostitutes - so that they might serve those who were there. In a word, it is an immense gulf. It is the receptacle of the dregs of urine - not, however, of the ordure - for the reason that they all love falsities and mingle falsities with truths.)))))) * Chapter 20 - there called "the bottomless pit." -TR.


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