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Doc. 209.] HIS SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN 1744. 203
I had no chance, nor was I strong enough in my arms, to
strike it. At last I saw it standing before me with a gun,
from which it fired something like poison, without, however,
doing me any harm : for I was protected. Immediately after
wards I thrust my sword into its jaws, yet without much effect.
I ascended higher; it seemed to me as if some one said that
it was slain.— The previous day I had been thinking of the
woman and the dragon in the Book of Revelation [chap. xii],
and I wished I could be instrumental in killing the dragon ;
when yet nothing is in my power, but only in the Lord’s.
162. July 30XAugust 1. I was a long time in a state of
holy tremor,* yet at the same time in a deep sleep. I was
thinking I should see something holy, and it seemed to me
that I was thrown on my face ; but I cannot affirm this with
certainty. Afterwards I was removed thence, and discovered
near me beneath my back some one, with whom I seemed to
be acquainted. I was annoyed at his having withdrawn me
thence, and when he was about to depart I told him he must
not do so again. The tremor continued ; but I did not see
anything else. This signified that something holy had come
to me, and had affected me thus ; and also, that I was led
to my work upon the senses, which I began writing to-day;†
and that I did not wish to be drawn away by it from that
which is more important.
163. Afterwards I was waiting for a procession of horses.
Large, beautiful horses, of a yellowish white colour, came in
great numbers, and were followed by some beautiful ones in
pairs ; they came to me fat, large, and beautiful, decorated
with fine harness.
This signifies the work upon which I have now entered ;
the last was upon the brain. I find by this that I shall have
God’s assistance in it ; I believe that He will aid me in it.‡
* See Note 162, i, F.
Swedenborg began writing out for the press Part III of the Regnum
Animale; a portion of which was published by him in London, in 1745,
under the title, De Cute, Sensu Tactus et Gustus; et de Formis Organicis
in Genere (the Skin, the Senses of Touch and Taste, and Organic Forms
generally). See Note 164, ix, C.
See Note 164, ix, C.
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