And when they had spoken thus long with me, they led me to a great mountain and told me to look up and forward towards the sky. And I looked there and they asked me what color it was or what it seemed to me or where I was. And I answered them that to me it seemed the color of gold and silver come out of the furnace. And then they said to me:
‘Know that what you can see is the gate of paradise and all that comes down from the sky comes down to us and thus one goes to paradise. And every day for as long as we are here, Our Lord sends us manna from heaven and you will know what food that is.’
And hardly had they said this when a great brightness came down from the sky like a great flame of fire and it seemed to me that that great brightness covered all that land and that brightness came down in rays upon those who were there, and likewise upon my head, and in no time those rays entered our bodies. And then it seemed to me that I felt inside me such a great sweetness in my heart that through the great pleasure that I had I did not know if I was dead or alive. And then the two archbishops said to me:
‘This is the food of paradise which is prepared endlessly for those who from here will ascend to heaven.’
Out there I would willingly have stopped but after these things which were full of sweetness and joy for me, the archbishops told me things for which I sorrowed and was much sadder:
‘Now you have seen part of what you requested or desired to see, this being the torment of sinners and the glory of the saved. And indeed you must go and return by the path on which you came, depending on what you will do or be in the world; if you live more in accordance with God, you can be sure that you will come to us when you pass away from the mortal world. And if you lead a bad life, from which may God defend you, you have clearly seen what the torments are which would be prepared for you. And returning you shall have no fear of the torments which you saw when coming, they cannot harm you nor will they dare approach you or do you any harm and the torments will in no way harm you.’
And having heard the words, seeing that I had to leave their company and depart and return by the path and the torments which I had passed, I could not stop myself crying and weeping when I saw that I had to go back and then tearfully I said to them:
‘I will not leave here because I am much afraid, if I go back, that I shall do something in the world which impedes me from coming here.’
And then they told me that:
‘This will not be at your will but at the pleasure of He who made you and us.’