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ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANIES.
men in their externals, because there is a barrier between their
externals and internals.
The odour of every one is like an elementary sphere in
which he freely draws breath ; every one pants after this, and
as soon as he is in it, he is in himself.
The hell of robbers and pirates smells like the carcases
of cows and sheep ; the hell of murderers and assassins like
a human corpse ; likewise the hell of the Sodomites. This
stench is balmy, aromatic, and fragrant to them, and like a
sweet feast in their breast ; and like a noble spirit of wine in
their heads. They inhale this stench with both nostrils and
with open mouths, and it refreshes them after they have made
their escape from some heavenly odour.
Once I saw an astute devil like a leopard ascending a
high mountain where there were celestial angels, encompassed
by a hedge of olive trees ; after he had drawn in a full breath
of that odour, he was seized with spasms, became stiffened
in all his joints, writhed like a snake, and was cast down
headlong. Afterwards he was lifted up by his associates, and
taken into a den, and into his own odour, where he revived.
Again, I saw how a certain devil was scourged by his as
sociates in hell, because, without any reason, and, as he said,
with a stuffed nose, he had approached such as were in a heavenly
odour, and had brought back some of their perfume in his gar
ments.
Odour in the Word signifies perception.
J.
THE BEING OF GOD OR OF JEHOVAH.*
We read, "I am the First and the Last, Alpha and Omega,
the Beginning and the End, who is, and who was, and who
is to come." " In Him we live and move." "From Myself I
have created all things." All things are from Him, hence all
things are in Him, and all things must turn towards Him, as
the surface turns to that which is opposite to it. Those
who turn themselves away, are indeed from God, but they
* See original MS., p. 8.
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