Historical dream account · English · 1918 published translation
The greeting I nearly missed
Emanuel Swedenborg
Journal of Dreams and Spiritual Experiences in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Forty-Four (1918) · Numbered section(s) 093; printed pages 39–40; night labelled April 9–10, 1744; 1918 Odhner translation
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Afterwards I fell asleep, and I beheld one of my acquaintances sitting at a table. He greeted me, but I did not notice it at once, and before I had returned his greeting he became offended and gave me some harsh words. I wanted to excuse myself, and finally managed to say that I am often in deep thought and do not observe when someone greets me, and sometimes pass my friends on the street without seeing them. I appealed to an acquaintance, who was present, to bear witness, and he said that it was so, and I said that no one was more anxious to be polite and humble than I am, (God grant that this may be the case). This was on account of the night before, that I had been in other thoughts than I ought to have been, and may our Lord in His infinite grace excuse me. My friend, however, said nothing in reply, but still seemed satisfied, as I believed.
Night of April 9–10, 1744
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A historical sleep-dream account in the 1918 Odhner translation. The author’s own religious interpretations are preserved as part of his record, not presented as verified supernatural events or present-day clinical advice. This is not a modern Synastry community submission.
Emanuel Swedenborg, Journal of Dreams and Spiritual Experiences in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Forty-Four, translated from Swedish by C. Th. Odhner (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania: Academy Book Room, 1918), sections 093, pp. 39–40. Historical sleep-dream scene(s); the author's own interpretation is retained.
The source labels a night spanning two calendar dates; no single exact event date is asserted.1744 is the journal year; 1918 is this translation’s publication year.
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Numbered section(s) 093; printed pages 39–40; night labelled April 9–10, 1744; 1918 Odhner translation
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