569# 第三则可记之事：
人里面的一切爱，都会发出一种快乐，并借此使自身被感觉到；这种快乐首先进入灵，继而进入身体。人的爱之快乐，与其思想之愉悦合在一起，构成他的生命。
人在属世身体中生活时，这些快乐与愉悦只被朦胧地感觉到，因为这个身体吸收并钝化它们；但死后，当物质身体被除去，灵的遮盖或衣服也随之脱下时，他的爱之快乐与思想之愉悦便被充分感觉并感知；奇妙的是，有时甚至如气味一般被感知。
因此，在灵性的世界，所有人都按自己的爱而结群：在天堂中，按其各自的爱；在地狱中，也按其各自的爱。
【2】天堂中诸爱之快乐所转化成的气味，都被感觉为芬芳、馨香、怡人的气息与令人愉悦的感受，正如春日清晨在园圃、花坛、田野和树林中所闻到的气息。至于地狱中那些人的爱之快乐所转化成的气味，则被感觉为焦臭、恶臭与腐臭，正如厕所、尸体，以及充满垃圾与粪秽的池沼所散发的气味。
奇妙的是，那里的魔鬼与撒但却把这些气味感觉为香膏、香料与乳香，能使他们的鼻息与心神重新振奋。在属世世界中，兽类、鸟类和虫类也能按气味而结群；但人尚不能如此，直到他脱去身体，如脱去蜕壳一般。
【3】因此，天堂极其分明地按善之爱的各样差别而被排列；与此相反，地狱也按恶之爱的各样差别而被排列。由于这种对立，天堂与地狱之间有一道不可越过的鸿沟；因为在天堂中的人不能忍受任何地狱的气味。这气味若被吸入，便会引起恶心与呕吐，甚至有昏厥的危险。地狱中的人若越过那鸿沟的中央，也会有同样的情形。
【4】有一次，我看见一个魔鬼，远远望去像一只豹；他数日前曾在最低层天堂的天使中出现，并且善于伪装成光明的天使。他越过鸿沟中央，站在两棵橄榄树之间，却没有感觉到任何与自己生命相敌的气味；原因是当时天使并不在场。但天使一到，他便被痉挛所制，全身肢体收缩而倒下；那时，他显得像一条大蛇，盘曲翻腾，最后滚落到鸿沟中，被同类接住，带到洞穴里；在那里，他因那属于其快乐的恶臭气味而复苏。
【5】我也曾看见某个撒但受其同类惩罚。我询问其原因，有人说，是因为他堵住鼻孔，走近那些处于天堂气味中的人；回来以后，又把那气味附在衣服上带回去了。
有好几次，从某个打开的地狱洞穴中，有一种如尸体般的腐臭直冲我的鼻孔，并使我作呕。
由此可以明白，圣言中“嗅觉”何以表示感知；因为圣言屡次说，耶和华从燔祭中闻到馨香之气；又说膏油与香料乃由芬芳之物制成。反过来说，也吩咐以色列子民把不洁之物从营中带到营外，并且要把人的排泄物掩埋遮盖（申23:23:12-13）。其原因在于，以色列的营代表天堂，而营外的旷野代表地狱。
569# 记事三：
人里面的每种爱都散发出一种快乐，并通过它使自己被感受到。这种快乐首先进入灵，再从灵进入身体。人的爱之快乐，连同思维的愉悦一起构成他的生命。只要人活在属世身体中，他就只模糊地感受到这种快乐和愉悦，因为身体会吸收并钝化它们；但死后，当物质身体被脱去，灵的遮盖物或衣服由此被除去时，人就会充分感受并感知到爱的快乐和思维的愉悦；令人惊讶的是，它们有时甚至被感知为气味。这就是为何在灵界，所有人，无论在天堂里的还是在地狱里的，都照着他们的爱而联系在一起。
在天堂，爱的快乐所变成的气味被感知为春天早晨的花园、花坛、田野和森林散发出的芬芳、甜美的香味、愉悦的呼气和宜人的感觉。而在地狱，爱的快乐所变成的气味被感知为粪池、尸体、充满垃圾和污物的死水塘产生的刺鼻、恶臭、腐烂的气味；令人惊奇的是，那里的魔鬼和撒但却将这些气味感知为香膏、香料和乳香，清新他们的鼻孔和内心。在自然界，动物、鸟类和昆虫也根据气味而联系在一起；但人类不是这样，直到他们像蜕皮一样脱去自己的身体。
因此，天堂是照着各种各样对良善的爱而最精确地安排的；相反，地狱是照着各种各样对邪恶的爱而最精确地安排的。由于这种对立性，天堂和地狱之间有一道无法逾越的鸿沟（路加福音16:26）；那些在天堂里的人无法忍受来自地狱的任何气味，因为如果他们吸入这气味，它会引起恶心和呕吐，往往导致昏厥。如果那些在地狱里的人越过这条鸿沟的中线，同样的效果会出现在他们身上。
我曾经看到一个魔鬼，从远处看，他就像一头豹子（几天前，他出现在最低层天堂的天使中间，因为他拥有变成光明天使的艺术），他越过这条中线，站在两棵橄榄树之间，还没有感知到攻击他生命的任何气味，因为没有天使在场。但就在一些天使靠近的那一刻，他突然抽搐起来，四肢僵硬地摔倒了。然后，他像一条大蛇一样盘绕起来，最后通过裂口滚下去，或说滚过了这道鸿沟。他的同伴把他抱起来，带进了一个洞穴，在那里，他因自己快乐的恶臭而苏醒。
我也曾经看到一个撒但被他的同伴惩罚。我问为什么，被告知，他堵住鼻孔，走近一些处于天堂气味的人；回来时，他的衣服把他身上的那种气味带回来了。有时，当某个地狱洞穴打开时，一股像尸体一样的恶臭就攻击我的鼻孔，让我呕吐。由此可见，为何在圣言中，嗅觉表示感知，因为经上经常说，耶和华闻到燔祭的香气；经上还说，膏油和香是用香料调制的；另一方面，以色列人被吩咐把所有不洁的东西都带出营，并挖洞掩埋排泄物（申命记23:12，13）。这是因为以色列的营代表天堂，营外的旷野代表地狱。
569. The third memorable occurrence. Every type of love that is within us exudes a delight by which it makes itself felt. This delight is exuded first into our spirit and then into our body. The delight that comes from our love and the enjoyment that comes from our thinking go together to constitute our life.
As long as we are alive in our earthly bodies, this delight and this enjoyment register only in an obscure way, because our bodies absorb them and dull them. After death, though, when our physical body is taken away and therefore this covering or clothing of our spirit is removed, the delights associated with what we love and the enjoyment associated with what we think are fully felt and perceived. Amazing to say, they are sometimes experienced as odors. This is the mechanism whereby people in the spiritual world are all associated by what they love; this is how heavenly loves bring people together in heaven, and how hellish loves bring people together in hell.
[2] In heaven the feelings of delight that come from [angels'] loves are turned into odors like all the kinds of fragrances, sweet smells, pleasant breezes, and delicious sensations that we experience in vegetable gardens, flower gardens, fields, and forests on a morning in spring.
In hell the feelings of delight that come from [devils' and satans'] loves are turned into the kind of foul odors, rotten smells, and stenches given off by outhouses, dead bodies, and ponds full of garbage and sewage. It is astounding, but the devils and satans who are there sense these odors as fragrances, perfumes, and incense that are refreshing to their noses and their hearts.
In the physical world there does exist an association by odors among animals, birds, and crawling insects, but there is not the same association for people, until they have shed their material bodies as a kind of skin.
[3] As a result, heaven is most precisely arranged according to all the varieties of love for what is good, and hell, in exactly the opposite way, is arranged according to all the varieties of love for what is evil. This opposition is why there is a great gulf between heaven and hell that cannot be crossed [Luke 16:26]. The people who are in heaven cannot stand any of the odor from hell. It causes them nausea and vomiting, and threatens to render them unconscious if they breathe it in. The same thing happens to the people who are in hell, if they cross the midpoint of that great gulf.
[4] On one occasion I saw a devil who looked from a distance like a leopard. He had been seen several days earlier among angels of the lowest heaven. He had developed the skill of turning himself into an angel of light, crossing the gulf, standing between two olive trees, and avoiding sensing any odor that would be harmful to his life. He was able to do this because there were no angels present. But as soon as angels arrived, he started having convulsions, and fell down with all his limbs curled up. He looked at that point like a giant snake twisting itself in coils. Eventually he rolled himself down into the gulf. He was picked up by his people and carried into a cave, where he was revived by the heavy stench of his own delight.
[5] On another occasion I saw a satan being punished by his own people. I asked why this was, and was told that by holding his nose he had been able to approach people who had the smell of heaven; he had then come back, but his clothes had brought back that smell with him.
It has happened to me several times that when some cave of hell opened up, the stench of a corpse assaulted my nostrils and made me vomit.
All this shows why it is that in the Word, "smell" means perception. It says quite frequently that from people's burnt offerings Jehovah would smell a pleasing aroma. (The oil for anointing and the incense were prepared with fragrant spices [, ].) On the other hand, the children of Israel were commanded to carry unclean things from their camp outside its borders, and they were to dig a hole for their fecal matter and cover it up (Deuteronomy 23:12-13). The reason for this was that the camp of Israel represented heaven and the desert outside their camp represented hell.
569. The third experience.
Every love a person has emits a pleasing sensation which allows it to be felt. It is transmitted immediately into the spirit, from where it passes into the body. The pleasure of a person's love together with the beauty of his thought makes up his life. These pleasures and beauties are only dimly felt by a person, so long as he lives in this natural body, for this body absorbs and blunts them. But after death, when the material body is taken away, thus removing the covering or clothing of the spirit, then the pleasures of his love and the beauties of his thought are fully felt and perceived. It is remarkable that they are sometimes perceived as smells. This is the reason why the company all in the spiritual world keep depends upon their loves, those in heaven depending on their loves, and those in hell depending on theirs.
[2] All the smells, into which the pleasures of loves are turned in heaven, are experienced as the kind of sweet and fragrant smells, the lovely breaths and delightful sensations, which are experienced in gardens, flower-beds, fields and woods in the morning in springtime. The smells, into which the pleasures of the loves of the inhabitants of hell are turned, are experienced as rank, fetid and rotten stenches, such as arise from latrines, corpses and ponds full of garbage and excrement. It is remarkable that to the devils and satans there these smell like balsam, perfumes and incense, which refresh their nostrils and hearts. In the natural world too animals, birds and insects use smells to select their company, but this is not then allowed to human beings, until they have sloughed off their bodies.
[3] This is why heaven is arranged in the most elaborate order in keeping with all the varieties of love for good, and hell by contraries in keeping with all the varieties of love for evil. It is because of this opposition that there is between heaven and hell a gap that cannot be crossed. For the inhabitants of heaven cannot tolerate any smell from hell, since it causes them nausea and vomiting, and threatens to render them unconscious, if they sniff it. Much the same happens to the inhabitants of hell, if they pass beyond the mid-point of that gap.
[4] I once saw a devil, who looked from a distance like a leopard - I had seen him a few days before among the angels of the lowest heaven, since he knew how to disguise himself as an angel of light. He was crossing the mid-point and standing between two olive-trees without noticing any smell upsetting to his way of life. The reason was that no angels were present. As soon, however, as they came on the scene, he went into convulsions and fell to the ground with all his limbs contracted. He then appeared like a great snake writhing into coils, and finally rolling down through the gap. He was picked up by his companions and carried off to a cave where the foul smell of his own pleasure revived him.
[5] Another time too I saw a Satan punished by his companions. I asked the reason, and was told that he had blocked his nostrils and approached those who smelt of heaven, and on coming back brought that smell with him on his clothes. On a number of occasions it has happened that a stench as of a corpse rising from an open cave of hell has assailed my nostrils and made me feel like vomiting.
These facts can serve to establish why it is that smelling in the Word means perceiving, It is often stated that Jehovah smelt a welcome odour from burnt-offerings; and that the oil for anointing and incense were made from fragrant substances. On the other hand the Children of Israel were ordered to carry what was unclean in their camp outside the camp, and to bury and cover up their excrement (Deuteronomy 23:12-13). The reason was that the camp of Israel represented heaven, and the desert outside the camp represented hell.
569. Third Memorable Relation:
Every love in man breathes forth a delight by which it makes itself felt. It is breathed forth first into the spirit and from that into the body; and the delight of one's love, together with the pleasantness of thought, constitutes his life. This delight and pleasantness are felt by man only obscurely while he lives in the natural body, because that body absorbs and blunts them; but after death, when the material body is laid aside, and the covering or clothing of the spirit thus removed, man has a full sense and perception of these delights of love and pleasantnesses of thought, and, what is wonderful, sometimes even as odors. Because of this, all in the spiritual world are affiliated according to their loves, those in heaven according to theirs, and those in hell according to theirs.
[2] The odors into which, in heaven, the delights of loves are turned, are all perceived like the fragrances, sweet smells, pleasant exhalations, and delicious sensations that arise from gardens, flower-beds, fields and forests in the mornings in spring. But the odors into which the delights of the loves of those in hell are turned, are perceived like the pungent, fetid and putrid smells that arise from cesspools, dead bodies, and ponds full of rubbish and ordure; and, what is wonderful, the devils and satans there perceive these smells as balsams, aromatics and frankincense, refreshing their nostrils and hearts. In the natural world it is also given to beasts, birds, and worms to be associated according to odors, but not to men until they have laid aside their bodies as exuviae.
[3] On this account heaven is most distinctly arranged in accordance with all the varieties of the love of good, and hell, on the contrary, in accordance with all the varieties of the love of evil. It is owing to this opposition that there is a gulf between heaven and hell which cannot be passed; for those who are in heaven cannot endure any odor from hell, because it excites nausea and vomiting, and threatens them with swooning if they inhale it. The effect is similar upon those who are in hell, if they pass the middle line of that gulf.
[4] I once saw a certain devil, who at a distance had the appearance of a leopard (a few days before he had been seen among the angels of the lowest heaven, having the art to make himself an angel of light), who had passed beyond the middle line and was standing between two olive trees, yet did not perceive any odor offensive to his life, for the reason that there were no angels present. But the moment they approached he was seized with convulsions and fell down rigid in all his limbs; and then he appeared like a great serpent drawing himself up in folds, and at length gliding down through the opening, from which he was taken by his companions and carried into a cavern, and there by the rank odor of his own delight he was revived.
[5] Again, I once saw a satan punished by his companions. I asked why, and was told that with his nostrils stopped up he had gone near to those who were in the odor of heaven, and had returned and brought that odor with him on his clothing.
It has often happened that a putrid odor, like that of corpses, from some open cavern in hell, has painfully touched my nostrils and brought on vomiting.
From all this it can be seen why in the Word the sense of smell signifies perception, for it is often said that Jehovah smelled a sweet savor from the burnt-offerings; also that the anointing oil and the incense were made of fragrant substances; and on the other hand the children of Israel were commanded to carry out of their camps what was unclean in them, and to dig down and bury their excrements (Deuteronomy 23:12, 13). This was because the camps of Israel represented heaven, and the desert without the camps represented hell.
569. The third experience. From every love with man there emanates a delight by which it makes itself felt, first into the spirit and thence into the body; and the delight of a man's love together with the pleasantness of his thought constitutes his life. These delights and pleasures are perceived but dimly by a man so long as he lives in the natural body, because this absorbs and blunts them; but after death, when the material body is put off, and the covering or clothing of the spirit is thus removed, the delights of his love and the pleasures of his thought are then felt and perceived to the full; and what is remarkable, they are sometimes perceived as odors. This is why all in the spiritual world, both in heaven and in hell, are associated according to their respective loves.
[2] The odors, into which the delights of loves are turned in heaven, are all perceived as the fragrant scents, sweet perfumes, pleasant emanations and delightful perceptions which arise from gardens, flower-beds, fields and woods on spring mornings; but the odors, into which are turned the delights of the loves of those who are in hell, are perceived as the nauseous stenches which arise from cess-pools, dead bodies and stagnant ponds filled with rubbish and filth; and what is also remarkable, the devils and satans there perceive those odors as the perfume of balm, spices and incense, refreshing to their nostrils and hearts. Moreover, in the natural world beasts, birds and insects have the faculty of associating according to their odors; but it is not so with men until they have laid aside their bodies as serpents cast their out-worn skins.
[3] Hence it is that heaven is arranged with most minute distinctions according to all the varieties of the love of good; and hell, as its opposite, according to all the varieties of the love of evil. Owing to this contrariety, there is between heaven and hell a gulf which cannot be crossed; for those in heaven cannot endure any of the odors of hell, as these cause loathing and sickness and tend to cause swooning, if inhaled. The same happens to those in hell if they pass the middle of that gulf.
[4] I once saw a certain devil who appeared at a distance like a leopard, and who, a few days before, made his appearance among some angels of the lowest heaven, for he possessed the art of changing into an angel of light. He passed the middle of the gulf and was standing between two olive trees, without being sensible of any odor offensive to him. This was because no angels were present; but as soon as some approached he was seized with convulsions and he fell down with all his limbs contracted. Then he appeared like a great serpent writhing in its coils, and he finally rolled down across the gulf. He was met by his associates and taken to a cavern where he was revived by the offensive odor of his own delight.
[5] I once also saw a certain satan being punished by his associates. I asked the reason, and was informed that he had stopped his nostrils and approached some who were in the odor of heaven; and on his return had brought back that odor with him on his clothing. Sometimes a foul smell like that of a corpse, coming from some open cavern of hell, has just touched my nostrils and brought on sickness. Hence it may be evident why smelling, in the Word, signifies perception; for it is frequently said that Jehovah smelt a grateful odor from the burnt-offerings; and also that the oil of anointing and incense were prepared from fragrant spices; and on the other hand, why the children of Israel were commanded to carry all unclean things out of the camp; and also to dig a hole for their excrement and cover it in the ground, Deuteronomy 23:12-13. This was because the camp of Israel represented heaven, and the wilderness outside the camp represented hell.
569. TERTIUM MEMORABILE.
Omnis Amor apud hominem exspirat jucundum, per quod se facit sentiri, et exspirat id proxime in spiritum, et inde in corpus, et jucundum amoris ejus una cum amaeno cogitationis facit vitam ejus: illa jucunda et amaena non sentiuntur nisi obscure 1 ab homine, quamdiu vivit in Corpore naturali, quia hoc Corpus absorbet et hebetat illa, at post mortem, cum Corpus materiale ablatum est, et sic operimentum seu indumentum spiritus remotum, tunc jucunda amoris et amaena cogitationis ejus plene sentiuntur et percipiuntur, et quod mirabile, quandoque sicut odores; inde est, quod omnes in Mundo Spirituali consocientur secundum amores suos, in Coelo secundum suos, in Inferno secundum suos;
[2] odores, in quos vertuntur jucunda amorum in Coelo, sentiuntur omnes sicut tales fragrantiae, suaveolentiae, amaenae spirationes, et delitiosae perceptiones, quales sentiuntur in hortis, floretis, agris et sylvis in matutis, tempore veris; odores autem in quos vertuntur jucunda amorum illorum, qui in Inferno sunt, sentiuntur ut nidores, foetores, et putores, quales e latrinis, cadaveribus, et stagnis quisquiliis et sterquilineis oppletis; et quod mirabile, diaboli et satanae ibi sentiunt illa ut balsama, aromata et thura, quae nares et corda illorum refocillant. In Mundo naturali datum etiam est bestiis, avibus et vermibus consociari secundum odores, sed non hominibus tunc, priusquam deposuerint corpora ut exuvias.
[3] Inde est, quod Coelum distinctissime ordinatum sit secundum omnes varietates amoris boni, ac Infernum ex opposito secundum omnes varietates amoris mali; propter hanc oppositionem est, quod inter Coelum et Infernum sit Hiatus, qui transiri non potest; illi enim qui in Coelo sunt non sustinent aliquem odorem Inferni, excitat enim nauseam et vomitum, et minatur deliquium, si attrahunt; simile fit illis qui in Inferno sunt, si meditullium istius Hiatus transscendunt.
[4] Quondam vidi aliquem diabolum apparentem e longinquo ut Pardum, qui ante aliquot dies inter Angelos ultimi Coeli visus est, et calluit artem se Angelum lucis facere, transeuntem Meditullium, et stantem inter binas oleas, et non sentientem aliquem odorem vitae suae infestum; causa erat, quia Angeli non aderant; at vero ut primum aderant, convulsionibus actus est, ac decidit quoad omnes artus contractus, et tunc visus est sicut magnus Serpens se contorquens in volvulos, et tandem se per Hiatum devolvens, et exceptus a suis, et deportatus in Cavernam, ubi a graveolente odore sui Jucundi revixit.
[5] Quondam etiam vidi quendam Satanam punitum a suis; quaesivi causam, et dicebatur, quod ille obturatis naribus accesserit ad illos qui in odore Coeli erant, et quod redierit, et odorem illum super vestibus suis secum tulerit. Aliquoties contigit, quod ex Caverna aliqua Inferni aperta putor sicut cadaveris strinxerit nares meas, et civerit vomitum. Ex his constare potest, unde est, quod in Verbo Olfactus significet perceptionem, nam dicitur saepius, quod Jehovah ex Holocaustis odoratus sit odorem gratum; tum quod Oleum unctionis, et quod Thura parata sint ex fragrantibus: et vicissim, quod mandatum sit filiis Israelis, ut immunda e castris eorum exportarentur extra castra, et quod excrementa alvi defoderent et contegerent, Deuteronomius 23:13-14; 2 causa erat, quia Castra Israelis repraesentabant Coelum, ac Desertum extra castra repraesentabat Infernum.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: oscure.
2. Sic Schmidt et Biblia Hebraica, sed 23:12-13 apud Biblia Anglica. Prima editio: 23:14, 15.