Hell or Arka
of the Jewish Cabalists, divided into seven lodges, one under another (Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla)—
Presiding Angel.*
(1) Gehennom
The heat 60 times that of fire. (Here it “snows fire”)
Absalom and Israelites who break the Law
Kushiel
(2) The Gates of Death
” 60 times hotter than No. 1
Lahaticl
” 60 times hotter than No. 2
Korah
Shaftiel
(4) The Pit of Corruption
” 60 times hotter than No. 3
Jeroboam
Maccathiel
(5) The Mire of Clay
” 60 times hotter than No. 4
Ahab
Chutriel
(6) A baddon
” 60 times hotter than No. 5
Micah
Pasiel
(7) Sheol
” 60 times hotter than No. 6, or 420 times hotter than fire
Elisha, son of Abuya, Sabbath - breakers, idolators, and uncircumcised
Dalkiet
* All these presidents are under Duma, the Angel of Silence, who keops the three keys of the three gates of neil.
In the Buddhist system there are 136 places of punishment after death, where the dead are sent according to their degree of demerit. (See Euphemisms.)
