Chapter X

Receives a visit from a superior mind--Proposition to advance accepted--The seraphim sings--A pearl given--Enters a world of light and song--Description of the works which he saw--The instruction of the Worthy--The song of the free--Address of another mind on the key of wisdom--The seven seals--Address of a third mind--Conducts to the sixth circle--A lecture on social progress--Hope a reality--A lecture on prophecy--Rules of prophecy the same as mathematical--Prediction of communicating with the inhabitants of earth--Predictions, opinions only of those below the sixth circle--A lecture on purity and prophecy--Nature the standard by which to determine right and wrong--Advancement to the seventh circle, or court of Beauty--Sees a white throne and inscriptions--A little child leading a lion--A serpent fastened to a rock--Twenty four pillars of wisdom--Minstrels chant a welcome--Emblems explained--Prediction of events now taking place--Contemplated mission to the rudimental sphere, and how it would be received--The serpent to be destroyed--Evils to be overcome by wisdom.--[From page 186 to page 235.]

CHAPTER XI.

Franklin, Swedenborg, Paine, and his companions visit a place near the castle--Old things become new--Process of change--Identity preserved--Self is a part of the body--All sympathize together in good and ill--Governments defective--Opposition to capital punishment--Origin of evil--How overcome--Success of the mission--Means must be adapted to conditions--Contradictory communications develop the condition of minds in the second sphere--Conflicting revealments harmonious with different degrees of wisdom--Writing mediums--Societies and forms of worship--Adaptation is harmony--Harmony should not be disturbed--The mission of spirits will be to regulate minds--Minds will change forms--Retire to a mansion--Onward is a passport--Dullness reproved--Dedication of the Pilgrimage.--[From p. 235 to p. 259.]