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DOCUMENT 275.
SWEDENBORG AND THE QUEEN OF SWEDEN."
The first point to be established in regard to this document
is, that the extraordinary incidents, which are recorded to have
taken place between Swedenborg and the Queen of Sweden, are
historically true. Before specifying the particulars of that
occurrence we are therefore called upon to furnish some general
proofs of its reality.
For this purpose we shall first of all adduce Swedenborg’s
own direct testimony, contained in a letter which he addressed
to Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt (Document 247) :
A.
SWEDENBORG’S OWN TESTIMONY.
.... "As to what is related of the daughter of the Prince
Margrave, it is a fiction invented by some idle newsmonger,
and I never even heard of it before; but what is reported
of the brother246 of the Queen of Sweden is true ; yet it should
not be regarded as a miracle, but only as a memorable occur
rence of the kind related in the work entitled, "
The True Christian
Religion’ concerning Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, and the rest.
For all these are simply testimonies, that I have been intro
duced by the Lord as to my spirit into the spiritual world,
that I converse with angels and spirits."
Swedenborg was besides interrogated on this affair by some
of his friends. To Springer he said as follows :
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