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134 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
kunde." Stilling was the author of several works much
read in Germany ; he was a man of great learning and
piety, and highly respected. In the work above men
tioned he records the three occurrences concerning the
queen of Sweden, the mislaid receipt, and the fire at
Stockholm . Although Stilling did not receive the theo
logical doctrines of Swedenborg, having evidently never
read them, or having only seen his work on Heaven and
Hell, and a few extracts published by Oetinger, he
firmly believed that Swedenborg had intercourse with the
world of spirits, for, says Stilling, " he occasionally
furnished proofs which were unobjectionable, it is true
that these statements have been controverted, and the
good man accused ofdeception ; but the latter I loudly
deny." Having related the occurrences above men
tioned, he says, " I must now add a fourth experimental
proof, which has never been previously made public, and
which is fully as important as any of the foregoing. I can
vouch for the truth of it, with the greatest confidence."
" About the year 1770, there was a merchant in
Elberfeld, with whom, during seven years of my residence
there I lived in close intimacy. He was a strict mystic
in the purest sense. He spoke little ; but what he said,
was like golden fruit on a salver of silver. He would not
have red, for all the world, knowingly to have told a
falsehood. This friend of mine, who has long ago left this
world for a better, related to me the following anecdote.
His business required him to take a journey to Amster
dam, where Swedenborg at that time resided ; and having
heard and read much of this strange individual, he
formed the intention of visiting him, and becoming
better acquainted with him. He therefore called upon
him, and found a very venerable-looking friendly old man,
who received him politely, and required him to be seated ;
on which the following conversation began :- Merchant.
Having been called hither by business, I could not
" Theory of Pneumatology, &c." See a translation of this
work by Samuel Jackson, London. 1834.
+ English translation, p. 88. P. 90.
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