I was in some kind of Holy Place, the walls were stone and there
was a group of us, arranged and seated. I remember the person sitting
opposite me, an older man, was looking nervous and awkward. I had in my
hand a chinese puzzle, or piece of paper, which i folded into a complex
shape by hand. As i was doing this I was reciting some kind of blessing, as
if the paper was a soul and I was giving it absolution. When the
puzzle/paper reached a certain design and after 'releasing its soul' there
was a strange flash of light and it disappeared. I would then precede to
fold another, and another. Looking across to the older man, I could see he
was having difficuly folding the paper and it seemed the each time he folded
it, it increased in size. Eventually it consumed him and folded in on
itself, there was a bright flash of light and he disappeared. The other
people with me , I don't recall them exactly, seemed mystified as to what
happened. One of them said 'Where has he gone?' and i remember replying
'Purgatory'.

i am told is the waiting room between heaven and hell. my dad used to tellus we were on 'purgatory' if we wanted to stay up and watch tv late. catholicism was stuffed into him as a kid. prob especially after his brother died in an accident, then he really sufferd with his crushing mother. She made a really good sponge sandwich cake though. but she lost her marbles early....she used to wander off down the highway looking for friends who had long since died...or heading for a market that no longer existed. She was 'close to death' so many times, that when my dad would call the priest, he actually said 'is she really dying this time?"

Her sister was super religious, right up until she was 80-something, and got run over by a nun in a british mini. The last thing poor old auntie Kathleen saw before she passed on was a nun leaning over her. the whole family still titters about that one, and I feel very sorry for the nun involved. Youve got to be pretty fragile to die when hit by a nun driving a mini at 20 mile an hour.
Religion!!