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November 20th, 1916
Received by James Padgett
Washington D.C.
I am here, St. Paul.
I come to write you on the subject that I
commented on last night, namely: Hell and the duration of punishment,
and if you feel that you are in condition to receive the message
I will begin and finish the same. Well, as I said last night, the
hell of the orthodox preachers as formerly taught, that is a hell
of brimstone and fires, is not the true hell and has no existence
save in the minds of these orthodox believers.
The true hell is a place and a condition and one is not separated
from the other; and while the condition of the soul and the beliefs
of men create the hells to a very large extent, yet hell is a fixed
abiding place, made and established and of such a character as to
suit the inhabiting of it by the soul according to the condition
of that soul. To illustrate a soul that is less vile and filled
with evil thoughts and the recollection of evil deeds and false
beliefs, is in a very different place from the soul that has more
of this evil in it. The former soul would not find its habitation
in the same place as the latter soul would, any more than would
the highly developed soul find its home in the same place as would
the soul that is less developed. Heaven is a place or many places
suited to the development of the soul, so hell is a place suited
to the souls of degradation and evil condition. I mean to be understood
as saying that place and condition of soul are correlative terms,
the home of the soul depending on the condition of the soul. As
these different hells vary, so they are suited for the souls of
spirits according to the defilement of soul.
I see that you are not just in condition to write or to receive
my thoughts, and I will not write more. But I will come
soon and write fully on these matters. So with the hope that
soon you will be able to take my message. I will say good night.
Paul
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