157 (The Inferno)

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capable of exercising an influence over others in
their absence.

The results of this teaching on my mind are
twofold. In the first place, it arouses my scruples
at the present juncture, for I had raised my
fist in anger against the old lady’s picture and
cursed her. Secondly, it reawakens my old
suspicions that I myself am the victim of
malpractices on the part of occultists or theosophists.
Pangs of conscience on one side, fear on the
other! And the two millstones begin to grind
me to powder.

Swedenborg describes Hell as follows: The
damned soul inhabits a splendid palace, leads
a luxurious life there, and regards himself as
one of the elect. Gradually the splendours
disappear, and the wretched soul finds that it is
confined in a wretched hovel and surrounded by
filth. This is parallelled in my own experience.

The rose-coloured room has disappeared, and
as I remove into a large chamber near that of
my mother-in-law, I feel that my stay here will
not be of long duration. As a matter of fact,
all possible trifles combine to poison my life
and to deprive me of the necessary quiet for
work. The planks of the floor sway under my

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