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217) Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish scientist and philosopher, wrote 30 volumes on his visits to Heaven and Hell. □ Ping Chong

The Angels of Swedenborg Swedenborg’s Opening Speech Designates lines spoken aloud by Swedenborg all lines are on audio tape My name is Swedenborg SWEDENBORG Robert I live not far from here. I have mastered most of the modem European languages including Greek, Latin and Hebrew. I have mastered mathematics, nucle-

ar physics and chemistry, optics, metallurgy, the computer sciences, astronomy, microbiology. I had postulated that the nine planets of our solar system had emerged from the Nebular Hypothsis before Immanuel Kant and Pierre La Place were credited with this theory. I can tell you that the stars are suns and were arranged along the axis of the Milky Way. I can tell you that there are even systems of galaxies of which our own is just a part. My scientific colleagues tell me that the seat of the soul, that is S O U L, dwells in the pineal gland, or perhaps the liver at night, but I was not satisfied with their answer. Are you? In the dissecting rooms of Paris where the still abhorred and novel science was allowed to flourish, I devoted thousands of hours to a more precise knowledge. I drive a SAAB 900 with a turbo charged engine. I like to play Stargate, Defender and Zaxon. (Music from Norma begins)

Z AXON I own an IBM PC computer, 2 Sony Walkmans, a Panasonic calculator, a subscription to Scientific American, all the recordings that Deutsche Gramophone produced, a Ban & Olefson turntable, a Macintosh tuner. 2 В & W loudspeakers, a quartz traveling clock, a traveling expresso machine and dental floss. And now I w'ould like to hear Bellini’s “Casta Diva” from Norma. NORMA

Angels of Swedenborg Stranger Speeches Number 1 Excuse me. Lovely evening. Oh, don’t go. Please stay. Stay.

Just for a littel while. Please? Number? May I have a word with you? I must speak with you. Ce tres grave. Just for a moment. Come. Vene. Come. We're having fun now, aren’t we? One word, just one word. Be careful! Numbers Got a dime? What’s the rush? Je pense qu’il va pleuvoir? Do you think it’s going to rain? Est-се que vous dance? Do you dance? Samba... Tarantella... Minuet... Watusi... Tango. Haunting little tune. Que bella I can stop the music! I'm forever blowing bubbles Pretty bubbles from the sea And they fly so high you can reach the sky.