His 'True Christian Religion,' which sums up his whole doctrine and is vigorous with light, was conceived and written at the age of eighty-three.

In fact, his amazing vigor and omniscience are not denied by any of his critics, not even by his enemies.
"Nevertheless," said Monsieur Becker, slowly, "though I have drunk deep in this torrent of divine light, God has not opened the eyes of my inner being, and I judge these writings by the reason of an unregenerated man.
I have often felt that the _inspired_ Swedenborg must have misunderstood the Angels.

I have laughed over certain visions which, according to his disciples, I ought to have believed with veneration.

I have failed to imagine the spiral writing of the Angels or their golden belts, on which the gold is of great or lesser thickness.

If, for example, this statement, 'Some angels are solitary,' affected me powerfully for a time, I was, on reflection, unable to reconcile this solitude with their marriages.