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 67, 68; seat in Diet, 68; studies in metallurgy, 73, 74, 79, 88, 89; salary as Assessor, 75, 85, 91; favored by Duke of Brunswick, 76; addresses to the Diet, 79-84, 211-217, 266; magnetic theory, 90; attendance at College of Mines, 55, 56, 79, 85, 90-92; studies anatomy, 92; uses experiments of others in preference to his own, 107, 108; discoveries, 128-130; faculty of reflection, 108; rules of life, 138; spiritual experience, 137-175; knew only later what he was being prepared for, 140, 141, 160, 162, 172; enlightened by love of truth for truth's sake, 143; instructed by dreams, 143-166; perceives presence of spirits but without seeing them, 144; temptations, 146-166, 264, 265; learned to be led not by spirits or angels, but by the Lord alone, 149, 187; was a mild Lutheran, 150, found himself most unworthy, 152, 163; new motto—I am Thine and not mine, 157; fainting fit, 167; appeared to write a fine hand, 167; habit of abstraction, 168, tacit respiration, 168; knew nothing at first of spirits, 168, 169; learned about different kinds, 169; first spoke with them, 170; warned against over-eating, 171; told what his work was to be, 172; deep regeneration, 173; full preparation for his work, 175, 186; in open company with spirits and angels many years, 180; suffering from spirits, 196; first affixes his name to theological works, 203; manner of later life, 209-248; food, 227, 258; gave receipts from Arcana to propagation of the Gospel, 210; opposed war with Russia, making of whiskey, and Bank loans on other than real estate, 211; defended the Government, 212-214; favored alliance with France, 215; was of the constitutional party, 215-217; fond of his garden and of children, 217, 223; on friendly terms with royal family, bishops, and all men of standing, 218; authority on finance, 220; predicts his arrival, 228; knew Springer's secret affairs, 229; society manners, 234, 267; learns subject of talk with deceased friend, 240; learns death of Emperor Peter, 111, 242; tells of fire in Stockholm, 244-246; where to find lost receipt, 246-248; understood French, English, Dutch, German, and Italian, 260; protested against judgment of his books by House of the clergy; handwriting, 267; declined to obtain interview without sufficient reason, 272; appearance, 272, 273; his communication with other world easily believed at Stockholm, 273; talk with gardener and wife, 274-280;