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Doc. 6.] 69
PERNETY’S ACCOUNT.
judge of my alarm , when I heard him pronounce distinctly
(but with a voice capable of inspiring terror* ): Eat not so
much. After these words my eyes again became darkened,
but gradually the darkness passed away, and I then found myself
alone in the room. Still somewhat frightened at all I had
seen, I hastened back to my lodgings, without telling any one
what had happened. There I gave myself up to reflection,
but could not comprehend how this could have been the effect
of chance, or of any physical cause. The following night
the same man (refulgent with light *) presented himself again
before me, and said : I am God the Lord, the Creator and
Redeemer; I have chosen thee to explain to men the interior
sense of the Sacred Scripture; I will dictatet to thee what
thou shalt write. [This time I was not at all alarmed, and
the light by which he was surrounded, although it was
exceedingly vivid and dazzling, did not make even the least
painful impression upon my eyes. He was clothed in imperial
purple, and the vision lasted a full quarter of an hour]t. The
same night the eyes of my interior man were opened, and per
fectly fitted to see into heaven, the world of spirits, and hell;
and I found everywhere many persons of my acquaintance,
some of whom had died a long time, and others only a short
time, before. From that day I renounced all worldly occupa
tions, in order to devote myself exclusively to spiritual things,
as I had been commanded. Afterwards it happened to me
frequently to have the eyes of my spirit opened, so as to see
* See foot note on page 68.
+ Robsahm , instead of the Lord’s dictating to Swedenborg what he
should write, said, that the Lord would explain it to him .
# The passage here placed in brackets does not occur in Robsahm’s ac
count, but it is quoted from Dr. Beyer’s letter. The Doctor’s own words in
that letter are as follows: “The information about the Lord’s personal ap
pearance before the Assessor who saw Him in royal purple and in ma
jestic light sitting near his bed, while he gave Assessor Swedenborg hiş
commission, I had from his own lips at a dinner party in the house of
Doctor Rosén,45 where I saw the old gentleman for the first time. I re
member to have asked him, how long this lasted ; whereupon he answered,
about a quarter of an hour; also whether the strong light did not affect
his eyes; when he said, no."
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