One Torment, Son, is Ignorance; a second, Sorrow; a third, Overindulgence; a fourth, Lustful Passion; a fifth, Injustice; a sixth, Covetousness; a seventh, Deceit; an eighth, Envy; a ninth, Fraud or Guile; a tenth, Wrath; an eleventh, Rashness; a twelfth, Maliciousness. 32. They are twelve in number, and many more under these; some of which force the inner self to suffer through the prison of the Body and the senses. 33. They do not suddenly or easily depart from him who has obtained mercy from God; and herein consists both the method and the reason of Regeneration. 34. For the rest, O Son,
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