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Doc. 209.] HIS SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN 1744. 151
but had received them back again, when she was told, that he
had not given her the best ; [upon hearing which] she threw
away the jewels. She urged me to re-enter, but I excused
myself by the plea that I was so negligently dressed, and had
no wig, and so must go home first. She said that this did not
matter. The meaning of this is that I should then write and
commence the epilogue of the second volume,* to which I
wanted to write a preface, that was not, however, required.
I acted on this instruction. What she said about the jewels
had reference to the truths which had, indeed, been dis
covered, but which were withdrawn again, because she was
indignant at not receiving all. Afterwards I saw the jewels
in [her] hands, and a large ruby in the middle.
6. March 25×26. It seemed to me as if I took a key
and went in. The porter examined the keys which I had,
when I showed them all, [to see] if I had two ; it seemed,
however, as if Hesselius76 had another. I was arrested and
put under guard, when many came to me in carriages. It
appeared to me as if I had done nothing wrong; but it, never
theless, occurred to me that the fact of my having taken the
key might be interpreted unfavourably: I awoke. This may
be explained in several ways ; that I had taken the key to
anatomy, while the other one which Hesselius76 had was the
key to medicine, or, that the key to the lungs, and conse
quently to the motion of the whole body, is the pulmonary
artery ; § or else [it is to be explained ] spiritually.
7. I desired to be cured of an illness. A heap of rags
was offered me to buy for this purpose ; I took half, and left
the other half; but I gave all for the rags (igen slarfworna).
The person said that he himself would purchase something
for me that would cure me.- The thoughts of my body were
* This epilogue closes Vol. I of the Regnum Animale, p. 424 of the
Latin edition. See Note 164, iv, A.
See Note 161 , ix.
See Note 161, i.
§ Swedenborg was then engaged in preparing for the press the second
part of the Regnum Animale, which treats of the lungs and the organs
connected therewith. See Note 164, iv.
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