whilst I was standing in the door of the other tent, which was beside it towards the south; and presently I observed the spirit standing also at the door of his tent, and immediately I asked him the reason of his falling so precipitately from Heaven? To which he answered, "I was cast down by the angels of Michael, as being an angel of the dragon, because I made some discoveries concerning the faith which I had embraced and confirmed in the world, particularly that God the Father, and God the Son are not one, but two persons; for, at this day, all the angels in heaven believe that they are One, like soul and body; and every word that contradicts that belief, causeth in them the same emotion and pain as if they should snuff up some pungent powder into their nostrils, or as if one should bore their ears through with an awl; wherefore, whosoever uttereth such contradiction, is ordered to depart, and in case of refusal or reluctance, he is cast down headlong." True Christ. Relig. BARON THE FOLLOWING WILL SHEW THAT THE 770. "When a clergyman or layman is asked, whether he firmly believeth that the Antediluvians, together with Adam and Eve, and the Postdiluvians, together with Noah and his sons, and also that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, together with all the prophets and apostles, in like manner as the souls of all other men, are still reserved in the middle parts of the earth, or flying about in the æther, or air; and also whether he believeth that their souls will be again cloathed with their bodies, and enter into connection again with carcases eaten by worms, by mice, by fish, (or as in the case of Egyptian mummies) by men, and with skeletons parched in the sun, and reduced to powder; if clergymen or laymen, I say, be asked whether they believe all this, or whether such conceits are not mere paradoxes, which like all other contradictory notions are dispelled and dissipated by right reason, some of them make no reply to such questions; some insist that such points are matters of faith, and that the understanding ought to be kept in obedience thereto; some again argue that not only these things, but also many others, which are above the comprehension of reason, are of the divine omnipotence; and when they mention faith and omnipotence, sound reason is set aside, and either disappears like a thing annihilated, or becometh like a spectre, and is called a thing unsound; to this they add, are not such opinions agreeable to the Word? and ought not that to be the rule and measure of whatsoever we think or speak?" True Christ, Relig. BARON'S SWEDENBORG'S EGOTISM. 779. “Inasmuch as the Lord cannot manifest himself in person, as was shewn above, and yet he foretold that he should come, and establish a new church, which is the New Jerusalem, it follows, that he will effect this by a man, who not only can receive the doctrines of that church in his understanding, but also publish them in print. That the Lord hath manifested himself before ME his servant, and sent me on this office, and that afterwards he opened the sight of my spirit, and thereby let me into the spiritual world, and granted me to see the heavens and the hells, and also to converse with angels and spirits, and this now continually for several years, I testify in truth; and further, that from the first day of my call to this office, I never received any thing appertaining to the doctrines of that church from any angel, but from the Lord alone, whilst I was reading the Word." True Christ. Relig. THE HARLOT AND THE DEAD HORSE IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. "MEMORABLE RELATION, NO. 277." 66 I was one day, in the spirit, traversing various parts of the spiritual world, to the intent that I might observe the representations of celestial things, which are there exhibited in many places; and in a certain house, where there were angels, I saw large purses, in which were contained great sums of money; and whereas they were open, it seemed as if any person might take out, or even steal away, the money there deposited; but near the purses there sat two young men as guards; the place where the purses were laid, appeared like a manger in a stable; in an adjoining apartment were seen modest virgins, with a chaste married woman; and near that apartment stood two little children, and it was given me to understand, that they were not to be played with like children, but to be treated according to wisdom. Afterwards there appeared an harlot, and also a dead horse lying on the ground. When I had attended to these appearances, I was informed, that by them was represented the natural sense of the Word, in which the spiritual sense is contained; the great purses full of money signified knowledges of truth in great abundance; their being open, and yet guarded by young men, signified that every one might take thence the knowledges of truths, but that care is taken lest any one should violate the spiritual sense, wherein are mere truths; the stable-like manger signified spiritual nourishment for the understanding; this is the signification for manger, by reason that a horse, which feedeth out of it, signifieth understanding; the modest virgins, who appeared in the adjoining apartment, signified the affections of truth, and the chaste married woman the conjunction of goodness and truth; the young children signified innocence of wisdom, for the angels of the highest heaven, who are the wisest of all, by reason of their innocence, appear at a distance like little children; the harlot with the dead horse, signifieth the falsification of truth amongst many people at this day, whereby the understanding of the Word is totally lost harlot signifieth falsification, and a dead horse the understanding of truth annihilated." True Christ. Religion. "CONCERNING THE MAHOMETANS IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.-NO. 828." "The Mahometans in the spiritual world appear behind the Roman Catholics in the west, and form |