Oh, kes saab lihakeelega üles rääkida taevased asjad!
O, Who Could Speak of Heavenly Matters in the Earthly Language? The Apparition of Mart Saal

Summary/Abstract: The publication describes an apparition experienced by the Estonian peasant and member of the Brethren's Congregation (Moravians) Mart Saal in 1807 while seriously ill. He had seen himself walking through the Golden Gates, seen the abode of the righteous and Jesus Christ, the place of Last Judgement, etc. The paper presents his account of the apparition (partly also in the form of a facsimile copy), provides a transcribed and edited version of the same text, and includes oral heritage about Mart Saal's family collected by J. Oidermann, who had discovered the manuscript and forwarded it to the archives some 117 years later. The article discusses oral and written heritage concerning the Brethren's Congregation preserved in the folklore archives of the Estonian Literary Museum. Mart Saal's apparition has been compared with other authentic apparition accounts (i.e. those recorded by the recipient) in a collection published by Rudolf Põldmäe in 1937, but also with other oral narrative accounts and modern records, often contributed by people sceptical of those who experience apparitions.

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