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198 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 209.
me.
I had something the matter with my left foot, of which I was
not aware ; it was bound up, but would soon be right again.
In a large cage there was a little bird, which had been
hidden away a long time ; it was still alive, and having got
something to eat and drink it went in and out of the cage.- I
saw Ericus Benzelius wearing a wig with two locks behind ;
he walked as though weary and old. I followed him, and saw
that he entered a church and sat down in the lowest place.
147. July 1X2. Something very wonderful happened to
Violent tremors came over me, one after another, as
many as from ten to fifteen*-just as when Christ manifested
to me His Divine grace. I expected to be thrown on my
face, as happened the last time, but I was not. With the
last of these tremors I was raised up ; and with my hands I
felt a person’s back; I passed them over the whole back, and
over the chest below. Immediately the person lay down, and I
saw the countenance in front, but very obscurely. I was then
upright on my knees, and was considering whether I should
lie down beside him; but did not, as it did not seem permitted.
All the tremors commenced in the body below, and ran up
to the head. This took place in vision, when I was neither
awake nor asleep; but when I had all my thoughts collected.
The internal man separated from the external felt all this.
After I was fully awake, several tremors similar to the former
passed over me. It must have been a holy angel, since I
was not thrown on my face.-Our Lord knows best what all
this means. It seemed to me as if I had been told before,
that I should have something for my obedience or for something
else. God’s grace is exhibited both towards the internal and
the external man with me. To God alone be glory and
honour !
From what follows and from other indications I perceived
that it signified this: that I shall discover the truths about
the internal sensations, but on the back, and obscurely as to
their front. For before this came over me, it seemed to me
as if I had been told that this was an announcement in respect
* See Note 162, i, F.
See Note 162, i, C.
+ See no. 27.
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