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1118 NOTES TO VOLUME II.
the inmost is sin; for all that we propose to ourselves is opposed
to that which is spiritual. What it is by which we are governed,
we can easily find out, if we reflect on our loves which accompany
[thought]" (no. 178).
NOTE 167.
ERLAND BROMAN.
Erland Broman was a younger brother of Carl Broman, mentioned
in Note 113. He was born in 1704, became chamberlain in 1731,
assessor in the College of Commerce in 1734, councillor of commerce
in 1739, court-marshal in 1741, and president of the College of
Commerce in 1747. He was created a baron in the same year, and
died in 1757. He is said to have enjoyed the favour of King Frederic,
and to have had great influence in the affairs of the Diet. Of him
and Archbishop Troilius Dr. Kahl tells the interesting story con
tained in Document 290, no. 6. Concerning him we read in the
"Spiritual Diary" as follows : "During his life in the world Er[land]
Br[oman] was of such a genius that he only cared for worldly things.
When he was dying, he prepared himself for the change with greater
devotion than others, so that the clergyman and all thought he would
go to heaven on account of his repentance. With him I conversed
on the third day after his death, and as soon as he met with some
acquaintances from the world, and saw such things as had delighted
him in the world, he at once returned into his former life , so that
his death-bed repentance became of no account (no. 5492-5495). In
the same passage Swedenborg shows the reasons why Erland Broman
was identified in his mind with "luxury, riches, pride" (see Document 209,
no. 19). That such was the quality of Erland Broman is also distinctly
stated in the Svenkt Biografiskt Handlexicon.
NOTE 168.
THE DATE OF THE OPENING OF SWEDENBORG’S
SPIRITUAL SIGHT.
The opening of Swedenborg’s spiritual sight was a very gradual
process, as we have shown in the Introduction to Document 208
(pp. 144 to 147), and as he himself has declared in the fol
lowing passage from "Heaven and Hell," "I was elevated into the
light of heaven interiorly by degrees, and in proportion as I was
elevated, my understanding was elevated, so that I was at length
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