Emanuel Swedenborg

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The Beauties Of Emanuel Swedenborg, Comprising His Opinions And Visions

Collected From Upwards Of Forty Large Volumes Of His Works Closely Printed In Latin (1813)

Beschreibung

The Beauties of Emanuel Swedenborg is a book that compiles the opinions and visions of the renowned Swedish philosopher and mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg. The book is a collection of excerpts from over forty large volumes of his works, which were originally written in Latin. The book provides an English language translation of Swedenborg's ideas and beliefs on various topics, including spirituality, religion, and the afterlife. It also includes his visionary experiences and insights into the spiritual realm. The book was first published in 1813 and is a valuable resource for those interested in Swedenborg's teachings and philosophy.With A Preliminary Dissertation Upon His Life And Writings, And Their Relation To The Present Times.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg; 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1688 - 29 March 1772)[2] was a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic.[3] He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).[4][5] Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. In 1741, at 53, he entered into a spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions, beginning on Easter Weekend, on 6 April 1744. It culminated in a "spiritual awakening" in which he received a revelation that he was appointed by Jesus Christ to write The Heavenly Doctrine to reform Christianity.[6] According to The Heavenly Doctrine, the Lord had opened Swedenborg's spiritual eyes so that from then on, he could freely visit heaven and hell to converse with angels, demons and other spirits and the Last Judgment had already occurred the year before, in 1757.[7] According to Swedenborg, we leave the physical world once, but then go through several lives in the spiritual world - a kind of hybrid of Christian tradition and the popular view of reincarnation.[8] Over the last 28 years of his life, Swedenborg wrote 18 published theological works-and several more that were unpublished. He termed himself a "Servant of the Lord Jesus Christ" in True Christian Religion,[9] which he published himself.[10] Some followers of The Heavenly Doctrine believe that of his theological works, only those that were published by Swedenborg himself are fully divinely inspired.[11] Others have regarded all Swedenborg's theological works as equally inspired, saying for example that the fact that some works were "not written out in a final edited form for publication does not make a single statement less trustworthy than the statements in any of the other works".[12] The New Church, a new religious movement comprising several historically-related Christian denominations, reveres Swedenborg's writings as revelation

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781437121926
• ISBN-10: 1437121926
• Artikelnr.: 25517065