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Rotch Edition of Swedenborg’s inspired w
The Rotch Edition is unique since it was produced under the auspices of a major publisher, the Riverside Press of Houghton Mifflin. This presumably produced an editorially polished piece of work. It is thus of interest to compare the Rotch with completely in-house editions.
Kirven’s “A Concise Overview of Swedenbo
A scholarly but highly readable study guide, with discussion questions and organized readings. From the Introduction: ” This course is an “overview”that it involves a somewhat cursory view of the theology found in the whole body of Swedenborg’s theological writings, and also in the sense that this content will be seen as much as possible as […]
Full Swedenborg Concordance now on line
The Swedenborg Concordance is now completerly online in a variety of formats.
Kingslake’s “Inner Light” is now online
Brian Kingslake’s superb introduction to the teachings of the Second Coming, Inner Light; Swedenborg Explores the Spiritual Dimension, is now online on the Swedenborg Digital Library. The text is lively and covers a lot of territory in a remarkably short space. One of the few introductory works that I’m aware of that you can hand […]
The Lord God Jesus Christ on Marriage In...
Positive marriage-related teachings or images are cited repeatedly throughout the Bible. God created man, male and female, in His “image” and “likeness.” (Genesis 1: 26-28) God saw that it was not good for man to be alone and created a companion for him and this explains why a man leaves his parents and is joined to […]
Do angels fly?
It has long been thought, and illustrated in many biblical paintings, that angels have wings and fly. This interpretation appears to be inspired by the representational, or symbolic, images of a flying angel mentioned in the book of Revelation (8:13, 14:6), though there is no mention of wings. Swedenborg cites these passages in several places […]
Kant and Swedenborg
The influential German philosopher Immanuel Kant has traditionally been thought to be very critical of Swedenborg and his work, based on a book Kant wrote, Träume eines Geistersehers (Dreams of a Spirit-Seer). However, close examination of the documents involved suggests that Kant had a more positive view of Swedenborg than has traditionally been thought. For details, […]
Questions: About angels, free will, the ...
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:56 PM, queckie1@aol.com wrote: Re: A Quesion Hello Swedenborg project. Swedenborg is a interesting fellow, I have been studying him, on my own, for a few months. I recently became interested in him and am still learning much. My question, Swedenborg states that angel’s are former humans, and not […]
For Christmas
In pondering the great and ageless gift of the baby Jesus coming into this world’s life, we are struck once again with that message of the power of innocence. Dark doubts and the roar of brazen evil assail us on every side. Yet, despite their attempts at blinding camouflage, true power is not in such […]