7907. 'For anyone eating anything made with yeast, that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel' means that whoever links falsity to his good is damned. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 2343, 3168, 3513 (end), 3596, 4745, and so linking, 2187, for one who makes something his own links it to himself; from the meaning of 'that made with yeast' as falsity, dealt with immediately above in 7906; from the meaning of 'being cut off' as being separated and damned, dealt with in 7889; from the meaning of 'soul' as a person; and from the meaning of 'the assembly of Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 7870, 7843. From these meanings it is evident that 'anyone eating anything made with yeast, that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel' means that whoever links falsity to his good will be separated from the spiritual Church and will be damned.

3340. Existing as the opposite of that light is thick darkness, and as the opposite of that warmth is coldness. Within that thick darkness and that coldness dwell those in hell. Their thick darkness is the product of the falsities in which they are immersed, and their coldness the product of evils. And the further away they are from truths the thicker is their darkness; and the further away they are from good the more intense is their coldness. When one is allowed to see into the hells where such beings exist the very dark mist in which they live is visible. And when there is any exhalation from that mist the insane ideas flowing from falsities, and the forms of hatred from evils, are detected. They are also provided sometimes with a light, but this is the feeble light from an ignis fatuus, which however goes out on them and becomes thick darkness as soon as they look at the light of truth. In addition they are sometimes provided with warmth, but this warmth is like that of a filthy bathhouse, which however turns into coldness with them as soon as they detect any hint of good. A certain spirit was sent into that dark mist which envelops those in hell so that he might discover for himself what it is like with those who are there. But the Lord protected him by means of angels. From there he spoke to me and said that the maniacal rage against what is good and true, and above all against the Lord, was so great that he was astounded that it could ever be withstood. For those in hell were breathing out nothing else but all kinds of hatred, revenge, and murder, and doing so with such vehemence that they wanted to destroy everybody throughout the universe. Consequently if the Lord was not constantly driving back that rage the entire human race would perish.