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218 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 209.
must not take of the articles manufactured by others,* as
those were contained in the saloon which I had rented ; but
that I must use my own. My chamber, which was adjoining,
signified this other work ; and the room at the side signified
the one which did not belong to me. May God lead me
in the right way! Christ said that I must not undertake
anything without Him.
204. I mounted a fine black horse. There were two of
The horse was fiery; it first went out of the way, but
afterwards turned round.-This signifies my undertaking, which
as yet appears dark to me, but at last will move in the
right track.
205. While I was going with my friend through a long
passage, a pretty maident came and rushed into his arms and
as it were sobbed. I asked her whether she knew him. She
did not answer. I then took her away from him, and led her
by the arm. This was my new work to which she addressed
herself, from which I took her in this way.
206. In the morning there appeared to me in a vision
a market, like the " disting" market. It was in my father’s
house at Upsal, in the saloon up stairs, in the entrance,
and all over the house.–This signifies the same [as above,
cfr. no. 203 ] ; so that this must be done, and indeed with a
greater degree of certainty.
✓ 207. In the morning, on awaking, I fell into a swoon or
fainting fit, similar to that which I experienced about six
or seven years ago at Amsterdam, when I entered upon the
Economia Regni Animalis; but it was much more subtle,
that I was almost dead. It came upon me as soon as I saw
the light. I threw myself upon my face, when it gradually
passed off. In the mean time short interrupted slumbers
took possession of me. So that this swoon or deliquium was
* See Note 162, iv. See Note 161. iv, A.
The "disting" is a large market or fair which is held at Upsal in the
month of February. It is said to have taken its origin from a feast which
was celebrated in ancient times, about that period of the year, in honour
of the goddess Disa, and which was called "Disablot" (worship of Disa).
About the same time also a "ting" i. e. a court was held among the
assembled people, where goods were exchanged.
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