The Moetal Remaos of Savedenborg 13 



skull came into his hands; but it appears not unlikely that Pastoi' 

 Wahlin, after the meeting of the Church Council, deposited it in Tulk's 

 collections until such time as the vault should again be opened, which 

 according to Wahlin did not occur during his time of service until 

 1823, when the cranium was restored to the coffin. [Appendix, No. 5). 



At the house of Mr. Tulk the famous sculptor J. Flaxman^ 

 among others, had an opportunity of examining the skull in the pre- 

 sence of two other members of the New Church. This is referred to in 

 Tafel's worli 32 (Vol. II., p. 555) as follows: »Flaxman examined the 

 skull of Swedenborgs at Mr. Charles A. Tulk's in the presence of Mr. 

 Clowes and Mr. Clover, and he said: »How beautiful the form — how 

 undulating the line here; here's no deficiency Mr. Clowes.» Smiling 

 he said, »Why I should almost take it for a female head, were it not 

 for the peculiar character of the forehead.» On the question of wheth- 

 er a cast should be taken, Mr. Flaxman observed, that the skull 

 was worthy of it for its mere beauty.» 



Furthermore, Vice-Admiral C. R. Nordenskjold ^ writes to Ma- 

 gister C. R. HöÖK of Karlskrona, in a letter especially important for 

 this story, that during a visit in London he had himself seen in Mr. 

 Tulk's large collection of skulls of celebrated persons the cranium of 

 Swedenborg, remarlcable in so many ways. 



The letter in question, which, through the offices of Mr. A. Stroh, 

 has been received from the relatives of the Admiral, and which is here 

 published for the first time [Appendix, No. 6), was written in 1870 in 

 the 79th year of Admiral Nordenskjöld's life, and is based upon re- 

 miniscences of more than -10 years before. It is therefore not to be 

 wondered at if the author's memory has betrayed him in certain in- 

 stances, and if, in some less essential details, as for example, the state- 

 ment as to how Mr. Tulk had received the cranium, he differs somewhat 



UORG, 1810. Although greatly interested iu the wntmgs of Swedenborg he was not a mem- 

 ber of the New Church. His orthodoxy was questioned by S. Noble iu the Ldellectiial Re- 

 positonj for 1827. Died in 1849. 



' John Flaxman, born 1755, celebrated sculptor. Professor in the Royal Academy 

 1810. Member of the Theosophical Society and warm adherent of the doctrines of Sweden- 

 borg. Died in 1826. 



^ Carl Reinhold Nordenskjöld, born 1791, Vice-Admiral in the Royal Swedish Navy. 

 Took service as midshipman in the English Navy and took part in the battle of Corana, 1808. 

 Was again in English service 1821—23, and returned to Sweden in April, 1823. Participat- 

 ed 1825 — 27 in an expedition to Cartagena and New York and returned to Sweden via 

 England iu the middle of 1827. Died 1871. 



