SCRIBE OF HEAVEN: SWEDENBORG'S LIFE, WORK, AND IMPACT (NW CENTURY EDITION)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0877854742 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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After a series of profound religious experiences during midlife, he devoted the remaining twenty-seven years of his life to being a servant of the Lord@ and wrote energetically to communicate a spiritual vision of reality. . Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), a truly remarkable visionary, began his career as a Swedish mining official and member of parliament and became well known thro
Elizamc said A great guidebook. This is a book that should really be on your shelf if you are interested in finding your way around Swedenborg's voluminous works.There is simply no better reference book for tracking down titles, figuring out when they were written, what they are about, and where they have been published.But beyond this, there are fascinating and carefully written scholarly accounts of the subsequent his. Yes. Add it to your library. Ben Leostein If you're reading this, then you realize the credentials of Dr. Jonathan Rose and his vast experience, knowledge and work that he has placed into the administration of getting these books out.This will continue your fascinating journey into the life of Emanuel Swedberg.. Everyone should know about Emanuel Swedenborg, he wrote the Morpheus Everyone should know about Emanuel Swedenborg, he wrote the truth! But as he said don't take his word for it, go out and investigate for yourself. That is exactly what I did and over a period of some years I received first hand experience of what he wrote about!
From his early days as an ambitious young scientist in the ferment of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment Europe, through his mid-life entrance into an ongoing experience of the spiritual world, to his last decades as a researcher of things spiritual, Swedenborg built a career that left a unique legacy. The essays in this volume testify to the far-reaching effects of Emanuel Swedenborg’s works in Western culture. His vivid descriptions of the nonphysical realm made a powerful impression on minds as diverse as Goethe, Blake, Emerson, Yeats, and Borges. This book serves as a self-contained resource on Swedenborg’s life and thought and as a gateway into further exploration of the labyrinthine garden of Swedenborg’s works. It includes a biography, rich in fascinating detail; lively overviews of the content and history of Swedenborg’s writings on spiritual topics; and essa
The fresh and contemporary appeal of Swedenborg's insights arises from the respect he showed for all religious faiths that stress a useful and loving life. About the Author Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), a truly remarkable visionary, began his career as a Swedish mining official and member of parliament and became well known throughout Europe as a scientist and prolific writer on scientific and philosophical subjects. After a series of profound religious experiences during midlife, he devoted the remaining twenty-seven years of his life to being a servant of the Lord@ and wrote energetically to communicate a spiritual vision of reality. . Since then, the rigid theologies of the eighteenth century have steadily yielded, and the foresighted lucidity of his perspective has gained widening recognition