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EXTRAORDINARY FACTS PROVING
SWEDENBORG’S INTERCOURSE WITH THE
OTHER WORLD.
INTRODUCTION.
Before entering upon the discussion of the three extraor
dinary facts which are generally quoted in proof of Sweden
borg’s intercourse with the spiritual world, viz. 1. The confla
gration in Stockholm, 2. The lost receipt, and 3. The affair with
the Queen of Sweden, we desire first of all to call attention
to the light in which Swedenborg himself desired that these
facts should be regarded.
In his letter to Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
(Document 247), he says : " As to that which is related of the
brother of the Queen of Sweden, it is true ; but it should not
be regarded as a miracle ; it is simply one of those memorable
relations, which in the work mentioned [ The True Christian
Religion’] have been told respecting Luther, Melancthon, Calvin,
and the rest. Yet both the former and the latter are simply
testimonies, that I have been introduced by the Lord into the
spiritual world, as to my spirit, and that I speak with angels
and spirits."
To Venator, the ducal minister, he repeats the same thing,
only in stronger language ; he says : " In my letter to His High
ness, the Duke, I speak of conversations [I had in the spiritual
world], and also of that which I had with the Queen of Sweden
and her brother ; yet these ought by no means to be regarded
as miracles ; they are only testimonies that I have been intro
duced by the Lord into the spiritual world ; and that there I
am enjoying the intercourse and conversation of angels and
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