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Doc. 209.] HIS SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN 1744. 189
and upwards [
ochop] ; at last I struck heras hard as I could with a
plate on the forehead, and pinched her face ; so that she seemed
to be conquered.-These were my infestations, and the struggle
with my thoughts, which I had vanquished .
114. It seemed as if the words interiorescit (he becomes
more interior), integratur (he is being made whole) were pro
nounced. This means that I am being inwardly purified by
means of my infestations.
Afterwards something holy was dictated to me during the
whole night ; the concluding words were sacrarium et sanctu
arium ; when I found myself in company with a woman* whom
I loved ***—This signifies extreme affection for what is holy;
for all love derives thence its origin
* *
*
115. Afterwards I slept a little, and it appeared to me
as if a quantity of oil mixed with mustard was floating
about. This probably denotes the state of my life in future ;
that there will be joy in it mixed with adversity; or perhaps
it means a medicine intended for me.
This took place in Leyden on the morning of April 24.
116. April 24X25, in Amsterdam. During the whole night,
for about eleven hours, I lay in a strange trance ; [I know not]
whether I was asleep or awake. I knew all that I dreamt,
but my thoughts were kept bound, which at times produced
perspiration. I cannot describe the nature of the sleep, during
which my double [conflicting ] thoughts were as it were severed,
or rent apart. Among other things I dreamt that I spoke
several times with King Charles XII.,† and that he spoke
with me in broken French, which I did not understand; at
which I wondered. Even when I conversed with others, and
thought he did not hear me, he was close by, so that I blushed
at what I said.-This signifies that God speaks with me, and
that I comprehend only the least portion of what he says,
because it is in representations, of which I understand as yet
but very little ; and, further, that He hears and perceives
everything that is spoken, and every thought that any one
* See Note 161, iv, B.
See Note 161, i, A.
See Note 161, v.
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