Fantastic or real? Borges' reading of Dante and Swedenborg -- Was Borges a mystic, and does it matter? -- In the shadow of William James: Borges as scholar of mysticism -- Two lectures on Swedenborg: Emerson and Borges -- The influence of Swedenborg on Borges -- Conclusion: Confronting the shadow: the hero's journey in "El Etnógrafo"