The playwright, August Stindberg spent the years 1894-1896 in a self-described “Inferno” when he believed himself literally in hell. He was a man with prior suicidal tendencies, he developed delusions pointing to the definite possibility of suicide by 1896. Scholars tend to credit his adoption of some of Swedenborg’s ideas as instrumental in his recovery. However, an alternative interpretation is offered, focusing on human relations aspects of his life.