593.当进入来世时，她们一开始觉得自己在同类当中，因而和活在世上时一样行事。但这种场景却变成残酷的一幕，因为这些女人互相激烈打斗、撞伤、撕裂，拉扯彼此的头发，甚至连头皮都扯下来；这一幕如此可耻、可怜，以至于让人不忍直视。她们甚至像猪一样把她们赤裸吊起来，割下她们的脚，用上千种方式把她们一个接一个地撕成碎片。事实上，血流得如此之多，以致我不寒而栗、惊恐不已，单单描述这样的场景就是一种恐怖；但无论如何，这就是对她们的惩罚。我周围的灵人都吓坏了，想要逃走。至于她们是哪种女人，你可以参看前文（592节）。在我看来，她们出现在前面、朝左的某个高处，这象征傲慢的幻想。（1748年1月28日）
593. Those who are like this, upon coming into the other life, seem to themselves at first to be among their like, and thus to carry on in the same way as they had done during their life in the world. But this scene is changed into a cruel one, for those same women clash vehemently among themselves, bruise and tear each other, pull each other's hair and tear each other's scalps, so pitiably that one cannot stand looking on. Also, they even hang them up naked like pigs, cutting off their feet, tearing them apart in a thousand ways, one after another. In fact blood flows so abundantly that I shuddered, and it is a horror to describe such scenes, but nevertheless, such is their punishment. The spirits around me, frightened, wanted to flee away.
What kind of women they are, you may see above [592]. These appeared to me in front, toward the left, in a certain higher place symbolizing the fantasy linked to arrogance. 1748, the 28th day of January.
593. At first, when they enter the other life, they seem to themselves to be with others like themselves, and thus to act in the same manner as during their life in the world. But this scene is changed into a cruel one, in which those same women knock each other about, and bruise and tear each other in a miserable manner; they pull each other by the hair, tear off the scalp, and this so shamefully that one cannot bear to look at them. They also hang them up naked like swine, cut off their feet, and tear them in a thousand ways, one after another; indeed the blood flowed so copiously that I was horrified, and it is horrible to describe such scenes. But still such is their punishment. The spirits around me were terrified, and wanted to flee away. What such women are like you may see above [n. 592. Those that I saw are in front, towards the left, in a certain higher place, by which is signified the phantasy of pride. 1748, Jan. 28.
593. Similes sibi videntur cum similibus aliis primum esse, cum in alteram vitam veniunt, et sic similiter agere, ac in vita mundi, sed mutatur haec scena in crudelem, nempe quod eaedem inter se misere collidunt, se contundunt, lacerant, capillamentis trahunt, crania evellunt, misere, ut quis non sustineat spectare, tum etiam suspendunt eas ut sues nudas, amputant pedes, lacerant mille modis, unam post alteram, imo sanguis fluit tali copia, ut horruerim; similia describere est horror, sed usque talis poena earum est; spiritus circum me territi, aufugere volebant; quales faeminae sint, prius videas [592]; visae mihi hae 1
sunt antrorsum versu sinistram, in altiori quodam loco, quo significatur phantasia fastus. 1748, die 28 Jan.
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1. sic in J.F.I. Tafel's edition Manuscript hi