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208 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [ Doc. 209.
upon what I had finished writing respecting Organic Forms
generally,* and especially the conclusion.†
176. Afterwards some one told me that he would call
upon me at ten o’clock, but he did not know where I lived :
and I answered, as it then seemed to me, that I lived in the
gable end of that palace.- This signified that what I had
written there with God’s help, was of such a nature that it
would lead me on further and that I would see still more
glorious things.‡
177. Afterwards I was with women,§ but would not touch
them, as I had previously had to do with holier things. Many
things then occurred to me which I left to God’s good pleasure,
since I am an instrument with which He may do what He
pleases;** but I should like to be with those mentioned
first; yet not my will but God’s be done.
God grant that I do not mistake in this ; I believe I do not.
178. October 3, in the afternoon. I was taking a little
nap, when it was represented to me how the inmost of indi
vidualities (unitates) consists entirely of the end which is the
reason of the cause;tt so that if our thoughts are also
considered as individualities, they contain within themselves
no other end and no other reason, than what comes either
from the Spirit of God or from the body.‡‡ When this comes
from the body, all from the inmost is sin: for all that we
propose to ourselves is opposed to what is spiritual. What
it is which governs us, we can easily find out, if we reflect
on our loves which accompany [thought].++
179. October 3 to 6. I have noticed several times that
there are various kinds of spirits. The one spirit, which is
that of Christ, is the only one that has all blessedness with
it; by other spirits man is enticed a thousand ways to
* The dissertation on "Organic Forms generally" fills nos. 470 to 486, in
the first chapter on the sense of touch in the Latin edition, and nos. 531 to 547,
in the English edition; see Note 164, ix, F.
In the conclusion of this dissertation Swedenborg shows how good
and truth are appropriated by man, and evil and falsity rejected.
See Introduction to Document 208, p. 149.
§ See Note 161, iv.
See Note 166, iv.
** See Introduction to Document 208, p. 140.
See Note 165, iv.
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