other delight, for it is a fire that burns with a lust for destroying
souls. Moreover, it has been ascertained that this delight is not from
hatred against those whom they attempt to destroy, but from hatred
against the Lord Himself. And since man is a man from the Lord, and the
human which is from the Lord is good and truth, and since those who are
in hell are, from hatred against the Lord, eager to kill the human,
which is good and truth, it follows that hell is the source of murder
itself. (A.E., n. 1013.)

From what has been said above it can be seen that all who are in evils
in respect to life, and in the falsities therefrom, are murderers; for
they are enemies and haters of good and truth, since evil hates good and
falsity hates truth. The evil man does not know he is in such hatred
until he becomes a spirit; then hatred is the very delight of his life.
Consequently from hell, where all the evil are, there constantly
breathes forth a delight in doing evil from hatred; while from heaven,
where all the good are, there constantly breathes forth a delight in
doing good from love. Therefore two opposite spheres meet each other in
the middle region between heaven and hell, and engage in reciprocal
combat. While man lives in the world he is in this middle region. If
he is then in evil and in falsities therefrom he passes over to the side
of hell, and thus comes into a delight in doing evil from hatred. But
if he is in good and in truths therefrom, he passes over to the side of
heaven, and thus comes into a delight in doing good from love.

The delight in doing evil from hatred, which breathes forth from hell,
is a delight in killing. But as they cannot kill the body they wish to
kill the spirit; and to kill the spirit is to take away spiritual life,
which is the life of heaven. This makes clear that the commandment,
"Thou shalt not kill," involves also thou shalt not hate thy neighbor,