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Doc. 275.] 649
SWEDENBORG AND THE QUEEN.
herself told me the anecdote respecting herself and her
brother, with a conviction which appeared to me extraordinary.
Every one who was acquainted with this really enlightened
sister of the great Frederick, will agree with me that she was
the very reverse of fanatical (schwürmerisch), and that the
whole tenor of her mind was free from all such weaknesses.
Nevertheless, she appeared to me to be so convinced of
Swedenborg’s supernatural intercourse with spirits, that I
scarcely durst venture to intimate any doubts, and to express
my suspicion of secret intrigues ; and a royal air-’Je ne suis
pas facilement dupe’ ( I am not easily duped), put an end to
all my attempts at refutation.’ ”
Jung-Stilling in his account of this occurrence (see Docu
ment 275, p. 659), appeals to a "distinguished theologian of
Würtemberg" (most undoubtedly Prelate Etinger 182) in the
following words :
E.
PRELATE ETINGER’S 182 TESTIMONY.
"A distinguished theologian of Würtemberg wrote to the
Queen, and asked her respecting this affair. In her reply she
acknowledged it to be true."
Dr. Im. Tafel adds to this the following particulars (see
Part I of the German edition of the "Swedenborg Documents,"
p. 128), "This ’ distinguished theologian of Würtemberg ’ was
without any doubt Prelate Etinger, who in his ’Instruction in
the Sacerdotal Office of Christ ’ (Unterricht vom Hohenpriester
thum Christi), 1772, p. 45, says, that ’ Swedenborg had visions
since 1743,’ and that ’ he is still conversing with spirits, has
been confirmed by the Queen of Sweden."
in the "Intellectual Repository" for May, 1845; and in 1855 it was re
printed in the Supplement to the enlarged English edition of the "Sweden
borg Documents," p. 57.
The testimony of the "distinguished chevalier" whose letter was in
serted in the "Berliner Monatsschrift" is examined more in detail in Docu
ment 276.
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