LXXXX. Quidquid sine Deo quaeriiur, peribit^

LXXXX. Quidquid sine Deo quaeriiur, peribit^

Indeed, the children of men, because of their many inquiries into the great matters of the world, which they begin to explore and pursue according to their own ability, are vain, and they abandon the truth that God reveals and gives to them, and they build false prophecies upon false gods like mountains, seeking out those deeds everywhere that creation shows through signs. When they do this, they consider false knowledge to be truth, and they deceive themselves and others; because whatever is sought without God, and whatever is found without God, will perish. But when they seek and find joy and dancing in their veins and in their very bones, they will be led to mockery, as if they were nothing; and in that state, they will fade away like ashes. These things have been said about the souls of the repentant, who are being purified and saved; they are faithful, and let the faithful pay attention to them, and let them be composed in memory of good knowledge. After this, I saw other evil spirits from the multitude mentioned before, who were shouting with loud voices: "Is it not allowed for anyone to be likened to God?" And these spirits, having hardness of heart, persuade people to prefer their mistress to God, and to show no mercy to anyone, because what they themselves could not accomplish in heaven, they strive to achieve among humans.