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204 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 209.
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164. August 4X5. I saw one approaching me with a drawn
sword; I also seemed to have a sword with a silver hilt. But
when he reached me, I had nothing but a broken sheath. He
lay down on my back and bit my hands ; I called for help,
but none came.
Afterwards, I boasted of my strength* in the presence of
As[sessor] B *** This signifies that daily I sin against my
God in the thoughts which cling to me ; and from which no
man, but God alone, can deliver me ; likewise that I had boasted
to D. H. about my work. On the following day I had intended
to go to the communion ; but I forbore, when from the above
I found that none but God alone can give absolution from
sins ; wherefore it was given me also to observe some things
with respect to confession [before the communion].
165. August 8X9. I arrived in Sweden and found the
country divided into two kingdoms. The larger one was in
the direction of Upland, the other in the direction of Örebro ;
there were two kings, the latter was less powerful ; his domi
nion, nevertheless, was said to extend to Bohus[län] . I was
with this king, and his power increased. It seemed to me as
if a decree were issued that I should become Secretary in Java;
but I was found unfit for the place, as I could not converse
in the language ; I, nevertheless, went. Afterwards I dreamt
about small birds, which alighted round my head, and had to
be removed. It means that I had not properly arranged and
carried out the subject of the corpus reticulare Malpighii.‡
166. August 26X27. During the last few days I was very
much troubled and oppressed by my sins, which, it seemed to
me, had not been forgiven, and which prevented my attend
ing the Lord’s Supper the last time. [See no. 164. ] The
previous day, however, it seemed to me that I had been re
lieved. During the night the soles of my feet appeared all
white.§-This signifies that my sins have been forgiven ;** and
* See Note 161, -iv, F. See Note 161, v.
This subject is treated of by Swedenborg in Part III of the Regnum
Animale, nos. 433 to 437 of the Latin Edition, and nos. 495 to 499 of the
English Edition (pp. 397 to 404). See Note 164, ix, D.
§ See Note 161, xii. ** See Introduction to Document 208, p. 140.
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