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HIS LETTERS TO DR. G. A. BEYER. 175
at this time near you, I could relate a number of things
on this head, which will not admit of being sent in
writing. I remain, &c.,
"EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
"Stockholm, October 30, 1769."
"P.S. This letter may be shewn to others, and also
copied, or printed, if deemed necessary. Two honourable
friends in London have sent me an invitation there, and I
have almost resolved on going thither the ensuing spring.
" I have been told, that in Gottenburg a letter has been
printed, which mentions, that I was ordered in Paris to
depart from that city, which is a direct falsehood : Count
Creutz, our envoy in Paris, can certify."*
LETTER VII.
To Dr. Beyer.
"6
In my last letter the shortness of time would not permit
me to give an answer with respect to the relation ofthe boy
of Skara, which, iftrue, proves the communication of spirits
with man. A genteel and rich family here in Stockholm
are desirous of taking the boy into their house, and to
educate him in every branch he may wish to learn. If
the youth has an inclination, and could have an oppor
tunity of the company of some person coming this way,
the family would be very happy ; and in that case you
will be pleased to furnish thirty dollars for the expenses
on the journey, and to give him my direction, that I
conduct him to the house. I will pass in silence his
vision of the white serpents, which he had in his tender
infancy, especially as it may admit of being explained in
different senses ; but his knowing the use of herbs, and
the cure of certain diseases, if really the case, is not from
the reason, that such diseases and cures exist in the other
life among spirits and angels ; but there exist spiritual
diseases and spiritual uses, which correspond with the
natural diseases and cures in this world, so that the cor
may
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* Respecting Swedenborg’s visit to Paris, in order to publish in
that city his " Universal Theology, &c." See above p. 114.
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