Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 511

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511. He was afterwards put to sleep by others who supposed that rationality was taken away from him, and thus he was made to speak in conformity with his own genius, as spirits usually do; and even in that sleep he was questioned concerning Jesus Christ, Whom he then also confessed. Hence it is given to conclude that he is preserved in the faith and confirmed by Jesus Christ alone. These things were written in his presence, some of which he also dictated to me. 1748, Jan. 23.

511 1/2. Mahomed now says that he remembers these things now, but if they had not been written he would have remembered nothing. 1748, Sept. 2.* * This paragraph was inserted later when Swedenborg was making the Index. He had already numbered the paragraphs, and therefore entered the addition as n. 511 1/2.


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