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60 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
of going on board the vessel, I supposed there was no
time to lose, and therefore desired he would have the
kindness to relate the affair to me. He consented, and
told it me in the same manner as I had been informed of
it before by means of letters from people of credit ; adding,
however, the following circumstances : That the senator
count Scheffer, came one day to see him, and asked him
whether he would accompany him to the court next day ;
Swedenborg inquired why he proposed it, as he very well
knew he occupied himself with other concerns than going
to court. Count Scheffer replied, that the queen, a few
days before, had received a letter from her sister the
Duchess ofBrunswick, in which she mentioned a censure
or criticism she had read in the gazette of Gottingen, on
a man at Stockholm, who pretended to speak with the
dead ; and she wondered much that the queen, in
her letters to her, had never mentioned a word on that
subject. The queen then inquired of those present,
Whether it was true that there was such a man, and
whether he was not insane ? To this Count Scheffer an
swered, That he was far from insane, but a sensible and
learned man. Upon this, the queen expressed her wishes
of seeing him ; when Count Scheffer said that he was inti
mately acquainted with him, and would propose it to him.
The count accordingly made Swedenborg promise to ac
company him to court, which he did. The king and
queen being arrived, entered into conversation with the
foreign ambassadors, and other principal characters at
court, and thenapproached Count Scheffer, who presented
Swedenborg. The queen expressed her satisfaction at
seeing him, and asked him, Whether it was true, that
he could converse with the deceased ? He answered, Yes.
She inquired further, Whether it was a science that could
be communicated to and by others ? No. What is it
then ? A gift of the Lord. Can you, then, speak with
every one deceased, or only with certain persons ? He
answered, I cannot converse with all, but with such as I
have known in this world; with all royal and princely
persons, with all renowned heroes, or great and learned
men, whom I have known, either personally, or from their
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