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604 NOTES TO VOLUME I.
use of them : this quality he employed for his own purposes."
(No. 4751.)
"Charles XII was present with me for some time; at first as he
had been in his external form , which continued for a whole year.
During this time he acted with becoming moderation, although the
abominations which lay concealed occasionally burst forth. After
wards he was let into his interior state in which he had been in
the world ; he then thought interiorly in himself, which could not be
observed in the world by any one, and which he was unwilling that
any one should observe. It was also discovered that (during his life
upon earth] he had for years been conversing with spirits; the nature
of this conversation, what was spoken, and how he had replied, was
shown for some time ; that then he was not only instructed concern
ing the Lord, and the things of the Church , but was also frequently
admonished, nay chastised ; that he was exhorted to return home,
and make peace : but this he was unwilling to do. His one con
stant wish was, to become the greatest of all, and when this was
denied him, he resolved to destroy the name of the Lord by atheistic
doctrines. At that time also he began to love from his heart such
persons as atheists, and he took measures to have such men at hand,
when he would annihilate religion. At that time also he rushed into
wicked acts, that must not be named ....and yet he concealed them
all under his exterior form and appearance.” (No. 4763.)
" Several transactions between myself [Swedenborg] and Charles XII
were examined, from which it appeared manifestly that the Lord’s
Providence extends to the minutest particulars, and that all that
happens during life and after death is foreseen and provided for.
It clearly appeared from this examination that unless the state of
Charles had been changed from a favourable into an angry one,
one [Swedenborg] would most undoubtedly have perished.”
(No. 4704.)
Further particulars respecting the state of Charles in the other
life may be found in the following numbers: 3005, 4351, 4742, 4743,
4745, 4750, 4752, 4768, 4823, 4857, 4873, 4884, 4892, 4900, 4901,
4910, 4934, 5011, 6010, 6013, 6015, 6018, 6019, 6020, 6028, 6034,
6047, 6087, and Appendix 1 to "Spiritual Diary," p. 76.
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