“Shall we not be aided with others?” said she.
“Others will come with us,” I replied.
Presently Benjamin Franklin and Emanuel Swedenborg, as they were called in the rudimental sphere, went with us to a place near the old castle, but which was more elevated in wisdom, and less incredulous of progress. On approaching it, William said: “Thou seest nothing new in this place.”
T. I see new things have become old.
W. Thou wilt see old things become new. Behold, we make all things new.
T. Thou canst not make a new creation.
W. We can create new things out of old.
T. We can change old things into new.
W. Thou wilt change nothing new into old.
The mind of one with whom I had formed an acquaintance in the body, responded: “How will you change old things into new?”