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70 [Doc. 6.
GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
as in the plain light of day what takes place in the other
wor and so as to converse with angels and spirits, even
as I converse with men*.
33. Swedenborg related the same circumstances to Doctors
Beyer22 and Rosén45, while dining at the house of the latter in
Gottenburg. Some may perhaps object that the man clothed
in purple was an angel of darkness transformed into an angel
of light, so as to seduce and deceive Swedenborg; but the
Lord has taught us to know false prophets and hypocrites
by their fruits. He said to the Pharisees: “ If any man will
do my father’s will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it
be of God, or not.” Did they not say to the Lord thåt he
was a deceiver and a blasphemer ; that He was inspired.by the
devil; that He did His miracles in the name and by the power
ofBeelzebub ? It is the duty of good Christians to judge Sweden
borg by his conduct and writings. Let them study his writings
without prejudice, and they will soon see, that the angel of
darkness must either have been instructed by God to teach
the truth, or that he could not have been the author of the
revelations which Swedenborg makes.
34. Mr. Robsahm having asked the wife of Swedenborg’s
gardener, if she had ever noticed any change in her master’s
countenance after he had conversed with spirits, she answered
“One afternoon on entering his room his eyes had the
appearance of the brightest fire; I stepped back, crying out :
’In God’s name, sir, what has happened to you, for you have
a most singular appearance?’ ’How do I look,’ he inquired.
I told him what I had noticed ; when he added : "Well ! well !
(this was his favourite expression) do not be frightened, (the
Lord has so disposed my eyes, that through them spirits may
see into our world’)t. In a short time this appearance will
have passed away. This also happened as he said.
see when he has spoken with heavenly spirits; for his face
has then an expression of gentleness, cheerfulness, and con
I can
* Cfr. Robsahm’s Memoirs § 15, and also Note 25.
+ This passage does not occur in Robsahm . The words which he uses
are these: «The Lord has opened my bodily eyes, and I have been in the
spirit.”
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