Some first endure vastations, which is effected in places
under the soles of the feet, called the lower earth, where some
suffer severely. These are such as had confirmed themselves in
falsities and yet had led good lives, for when falsities have been
confirmed they inhere with much force, and until they have been
dispersed truths cannot be seen, and thus cannot be accepted. But
vastations and how they are effected have been treated of in the
Arcana Coelestia, from which the notes below have been collected.{1}
{Footnote 1} Vastations are effected in the other life, that
is, those that pass into the other life from the world are
vastated (n. 698, 7122, 7474, 9763). The well disposed are
vastated in respect to falsities, while the evil are vastated
in respect to truths (n, 7474, 7541, 7542). The well disposed
undergo vastations that they also may be divested of what
pertains to the earth and the world, which they had contracted
while living in the world (n. 7186, 9763). Also that evils and
falsities may be removed, and thus there may be room for the
influx of goods and truths out of heaven from the Lord, and
ability to accept these (n.
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