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TESTIMONY OF EMANUEL KANT. 129
of this occurrence ? My friend who wrote this to me,
has not only examined the circumstances of this extra
ordinary case at Stockholm, but also, about two months
ago, at Gottenburg, where he is acquainted with the most
respectable houses, and where he could obtain the most
authentic and complete information ; as the greatest part
of the inhabitants, who are still alive, were witnesses to
the memorable occurrence.-I am, with profound reve
rence, &c. &c.,
" EMANUEL KANT."*
Kant, in another work,+ bears testimony to the me
morable occurrence respecting the queen of Sweden and
Swedenborg, mentioned above p. 119.
"Towards the end of 1761, (says Kant,) M. Swe
denberg [ Swedenborg ] was invited to the court of a
princess, whose great understanding and intelligence
rendered it almost impossible that she could be duped,
or deceived. Swedenborg’s visit to the queen was occa
sioned by the universal report of the visions of this man.
After several questions, the object of which appeared
rather to sport with his imaginations, than to procure any
news from the other world, the queen, before they parted,
gave him a secret commission, which had relation to his
ntercourse with spirits. After some days Swedenborg
came with the answer, which was of that nature, as to
place the queen, according to her own confession, in the
greatest astonishment, because she found it was true, and,
at the same time, declared, that no living man upon earth
could have communicated it to him. This occurrence
was recorded in the Report of an ambassador at the
* The above letter is taken from a work entitled, Darstellung
des Lebens und Charakters Immanuel Kant’s, von Ludwig Ernst
Borowski, von Kant selbst genau rividirt und berichtigt. Königs
berg, 1804. That is, " Description of the Life and Character of
Emanuel Kant, by Lewis Earnest Borowski : revised and cor
rected by Kant himself."
+"Träume eines Geisterschers, erläutert durch Träume der Meta
physick. Königsberg, 1766," p. 85. Dreams of a Spirit Seer,
illustrated by dreams of Metaphysics.
This should be 1758.
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