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Doc. 247.] SWEDENBORG TO THE LANDGRAVE. 389
a memorable occurrence of the kind related in the above work
concerning Luther, Melancthon, and Calvin. For all these are
simply testimonies, that I have been introduced by the Lord
as to my spirit into the spiritual world, and that I converse
with angels and spirits. It is further true that I conversed
with the person whose name is mentioned in the journal in
question, and six months ago with Stanislaus,181 King of Po
land, which took place in a certain congregation or company
in which he was, where no one knew who he was. The de
light of his life consisted in desiring to be present incognito
in assemblies of spirits and angels, as if he were one of them,
and to converse familiarly with them.
Afterwards I saw him transferred into the northern quarter,
and I heard that he was placed over some section of Roman
Catholicism, whose chief moderator he is. He has also con
versed frequently with the Pope who died lately, with whom
he dwelt after his death, and to whom he succeeded ; he de
scended also to a congregation or company consisting of
Jesuits, over whom he ruled for a month ; and afterwards I
saw him ascending from them, when it was granted me to speak
with him several times. But about the course and state of
his life I am not allowed to divulge anything. Concerning
the pope who reigned some thirty or forty years ago, you may
see what has been written in my latest work.
I pray you to favour all those things which belong to the
honour of God, and I remain, with a mind full of veneration,
Yours, &c.
[EM. SWEDENBORG. ]
[Amsterdam], July 13, 1771.
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