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EDELMANN. 1131
Swedenborg dedicated in 1722 Parts I-III of the Miscellanea
Observata; to him also is addressed a letter Swedenborg wrote
on August 18, 1724 ; see Document 155 , C.
Count Bonde, according to the "Biografiskt Lexicon," is reputed
to have been "an enlightened and honest Senator, and a great
scholar." At one time he is said to have taken an interest in
astrology; but very soon he crossed out his mystical calculations,
writing underneath these words: "Astra regunt orbem, dirigit astra
Deus" (The stars rule the world, but God rules the stars).
NOTE 176.
JOHN CHRISTIAN EDELMANN.
The writings of this author were mentioned by Baron von Hatzel
in the letter which he addressed to Swedenborg (Document 215),
where he says, "Have you ever read Edelmann’s writings ? What do
you think of them?" Cuno also speaks of him in these words (Docu
ment 256, p. 461), "If ever I made the acquaintance of an ignorant,
but so much the more impudent man, it was the notorious John
Chr. Edelmann, who has now been dead for many years. This man,
who was in comparison with the deeply learned and pious Sweden
borg, a beastly blasphemer of the Word of God and of the church,
raised against himself whole armies of scholars by whom he was
refuted. A silly fellow, like him, was not worthy of such treatment ;
for he made a name for himself simply by impudence and foolish
arrogance. And what was the result of all this ? He was infuriated
more and more so as to expectorate more poison and gall, and to
utter incendiary language?"
Edelmann was born at Weissenfels in 1698. He studied theology
at Jena, where he inclined towards pietism. Failing to obtain an
appointment in the church, he opposed the strict Lutheranism which
had sway at his time, and finally directed his arrows against the
church in general and its prevailing creeds. At one time he tried
to make common cause with the Moravians, but he could not agree
with them . Soon after he joined a sect in Berleburg, who called
themselves the "inspired." After being compelled to flee from that
town, he found a refuge in Nassau with Count Hachenburg. Mean
while he became more and more notorious by his polemical writings
against the creeds and practices of the Christian church. Being
persecuted everywhere he lived afterwards at Neuwied, Brunswick,
Hamburg, Glückstadt, and finally in Berlin, where he died in 1767.
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