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obtained by carefully observing what distinguishes
it from its contrary.” The reader may remember
the faces like antique sculptures which I
saw formed by the white cover of my pillow in
the Hôtel Orfila. Swedenborg speaks regarding
them as follows:
“Two signs show that they (the spirits) dwell
with a man; one is an old man with a white face.
This sign will signify to him that he is always
to speak the truth, and to act justly.... I
myself have seen such an antique human face.
There are faces of pure whiteness and great
beauty, from which uprightness and modesty
beam.”
(In order not to alarm the reader, I have
purposely concealed the fact, that all the above
relates to the inhabitants of the planet Jupiter.
My surprise may be imagined when one spring
morning they bring me a French review containing
a picture of Swedenborg’s house in the
planet Jupiter, drawn by Victorien Sardou.
Why on Jupiter? What a remarkable coincidence!
And has the master and doyen of the
Théâtre Français observed that the left façade
of the building seen from a sufficient distance
forms an antique human face? This face is the
same as that which was formed by my
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