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DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG. 233
"The Lord our Saviour had foretold that He would
come again into the world, and that He would establish
there a New Church. He has given this prediction in
the Apocalypse xxi. and xxii. , and also in several places
in the Evangelists. But as he cannot come again into the
world in person, it was necessary that He should do it by
means of a man, who should not only receive the doctrine
of this New Church in his understanding, but also pub
lish it by printing; and as the Lord had prepared me for
this office from my infancy, He has manifested Himself
in person before me, His servant, and sent me to fill it.
This took place in the year 1743. He afterwards opened
the sight of my spirit, and thus introduced me into the
spiritual world, and granted me to see the heavens and
many of their wonders, and also the hells, and to speak
with angels and spirits, and this continually for twenty
seven years. I declare in all truth that such is the fact.
This favour of the Lord, in regard to me, has only taken
place for the sake of the New Church which I have
mentioned above, the doctrine of which is contained in
my writings. The gift of conversing with spirits and
angels cannot be transmitted from one person to another,
unless the Lord Himself opens the spiritual sight of that
person. It is sometimes permitted to a spirit to enter
into a man, and to communicate to him some truth ; but
it is not granted to the man to speak mouth to mouth
with the spirit. It is even a very dangerous thing,
because the spirit enters into the affection of man’s self-love,
which does not agree with the affection of heavenly love.
"With respect to the man tormented by spirits, I have
learnt from heaven that that has befallen him in conse
quence of the meditations to which be has devoted him
self; but that, nevertheless, there is no danger to be ap
prehended from them, because the Lord protects him.
The only method of cure for him is to convert himself,
and to supplicate the Lord our Saviour Jesus Christ to
succour him.-I remain, with respect, &c.,
" EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
"Amsterdam, 1771."
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