1Again, after these things, I saw one of the spiritual beings coming to me, and he seized me in the spirit and took me up to the third heaven.
2And the angel answered, and said to me: Follow me and I will show you the place of the righteous where they are taken when the bodies they inhabited in the world die.
3And after this I will take you to the abyss and show you the souls of sinners, to what kind of place they are taken when the bodies they inhabited in the world die.
4And I went after the angel, and he took me up to heaven.
5And I looked at the firmament and saw there the powers, I saw forgetfulness which deceives and attracts to itself the heart of men.
6And the spirit of slander, and the spirit of fornication, and the spirit of anger, and the spirit of insolence.
7And I saw the principles of iniquity.
8These things I saw under the firmament of heaven.
9And again I looked and saw angels without mercy, without pity, whose countenances were full of fury.
10And their teeth came out of their mouths, their eyes shone like the morning star of the east.
11And from the hair of their head and from their mouth came sparks of fire.
12And I asked the angel, saying: Who are these, Lord?
13And the angel answered and said to me: These are those who are appointed for the souls of the wicked in the hour of necessity.
14Even those who did not believe that they had the Lord as their helper and did not trust in him.