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Doc. 209.] HIS SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN 1744. 215
first become a child, and that then I shall be able to be
nurtured in knowledge, as is being the case with me now.*
196. October 13X14. Among other things I was told that
during the last two weeks I have begun to improve in my
looks, and to appear like an angel.+- May God grant that
this be so! May God aid me in this, and not take away from
me His grace !
197. October 15X16. In a vision I saw how some one
bearing a heavy load of boards fell under its weight ; ano
ther came to his assistance, but I did not see how he was
helped.
In my sleep I saw that at last I went up by a foot-bridge,
seeing a great gulf and dangers before me, but I managed
to climb up after another person by means of a rope, without,
however, seeing the top , or how I might reach it.-This
signifies that they who strive to help themselves into the
kingdom of heaven by their own effort, or to rise on high
by themselves, labour in vain, and are exposed to constant
danger ; which labour becomes light, when they address themselves
to God, who is man’s help in such a case.‡
198. October 18X19. I dreamt how a big dog, which I
thought was fastened, flew at me and bit me in the leg. Some
one came and held its terrible jaws, so that it could do no
more mischief. The day before I had been at the Medical
College hearing a lecture, when I was rash enough to think
that I should be mentioned as one of those who understood
anatomy best; I was glad, however, that this was not done.
It appeared to me in vision the following night as if
crooked leg (snefot, i. e. snedfot
) went out of my body. -This
probably signified that by that bite I had become like one
with a crooked leg.
199. October 19X20. I dreamt how I saw one beast
after another. When they opened their wings, I saw that they
were dragons.§ I flew over them, but struck against one.
Such dragons signify spurious loves, which do not appear as
* See Note 162, iii.
See Note 165, vii.
See Introduction to Document 208, p. 141.
§ See Note 161, xi.
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