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Doc. 275.] 659
SWEDENBORG AND THE QUEEN.
the palace in Charlottenburg, in the month of July, 1744. A
short time afterwards Swedenborg brought back an answer
to the Queen, with which Her Majesty seemed to be entirely
satisfied; for she said, she was perfectly convinced that no
living soul, except the prince, her brother, and herself could
know any thing about this circumstance. "
The next account is that of Jung-Stilling, which he derived
from a distinguished Swede. It was published by him in his
"Theorie der Geisterkunde," Nuremberg, 1808 (pp. 90 to 96).
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JUNG-STILLING’S215 ACCOUNT.
"The Queen of Sweden tested Swedenborg in this manner:
she commissioned him to tell her what she had conversed
about, on a certain memorable day, I believe, with the
Prince of Prussia 246 in Charlottenburg. After some time
Swedenborg applied for an audience, and told it to her. The
Queen, as may easily be expected, was very much frightened
at it.
"This occurrence has been questioned in the public papers,
but a distinguished Swede, who was by no means an admirer
of Swedenborg, has assured me that it is the pure truth, and
cannot be called in question. He furnished me with some ad
ditional proofs, but which I hesitate to make known, because,
as is usually the case with stories that deal with the realm
of spirits, some are thereby compromised who ought to be
spared.
"A distinguished theologian of Würtemberg wrote to the
Queen, and asked her respecting this subject. In her reply
she acknowledged it to be true." *
Count Höpken had been reading Robsahm’s account of
this affair in his Memoirs of Swedenborg (Document 5) ; and
he caused to be appended there to the following account, which
he received from the Queen herself in 1774.
* See Document 275, p. 649.
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