4689. About heaven and hell
All who come in the other life are by degrees let back into the life that they had in the world, and in fact with their outer elements and full intellectual power almost as they were there. But by degrees their outer intellectual powers are taken away, and they are let into their own nature, the evil into their own evil, and the good into their own good. The former are then sent to hell, the latter raised to heaven.
4689. CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL.
All who come into the other life, are, by degrees, remitted into the life which they led in the world, and, indeed, with the externals, and nearly with the entire condition, they had there. But, by degrees, external intellectuals are removed from them, and they are remitted into their nature, the evil into their evil and the good into their good: the former are then sent into hell, and the latter into heaven.
4689. De coelo et de inferno
Omnes qui in alteram vitam veniunt, per gradus remittuntur in vitam quam in mundo habuerunt, et quidem cum externis, et plena ratione fere ut ibi; at per gradus auferuntur illis intellectualia externa, et mittuntur in naturam suam, mali in suum malum, et boni in suum bonum, illi tunc mittuntur in infernum, hi elevantur in coelum.