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ANECDOTES COLLECTED BY D. P. AB INDAGINE. 109
of much importance, and, in some respects, evidently
erroneous, we shall here adduce. The following is an
extract from a letter which D. P. âb Indagine addressed
to Swedenborg, dated March 8, 1769:
"Vir doctissime, celeberrimeque ! [ Most learned and
celebrated Man. ]
"I have thoroughly examined the principles of your
system. You rest your principal proofs on what you
maintain have seen.
you * You relate wonderful things,
which you assert you have heard and seen. Hitherto
you have published works On the Last Judgment and the
Destruction of Babylon ; On Heaven and Hell ; On
the White Horse ; On the Earths in the Universe ; On
the Wisdom of Angels, &c. The Arcana Calestia,
your most extensive work, consisting of eight parts, I
have not yet been able to meet with, and, of course, have
not read. More writings of this kind have appeared.
You have sent, I am informed, a copy to all the bishops
of England ; but not one has given himself the trouble
to confute them. The Dutch have criticised one of your
last works, entitled Conjugial Love, &c. , with much care,
and with a praiseworthy modesty. The critic at Amster
dam withholds his judgment and his final decision, until
he has seen the complete work, which, you promise, shall
appear within two years. We expect, therefore, (says
the reviewer,) a greater development, and a fuller illus
tration, which, we doubt not, will appear in due time.
In the mean time, (says he, at the conclusion of his
remarks,) the divines, in our opinion, can spare them
selves the trouble of refuting the ideas of this extraor
dinary man.’
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"Your last work you have distributed amongst the
divines of all sects in this city, not only amongst the
* This is by no means the case ; all the proofs of his doctrines
are based upon the Word of GOD, and enlightened reason.
† This does not comport with whathe says in the first sentence,
" I have thoroughly," &c., since the principles of his system are
chiefly developed in this his most extensive work.
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