Emanuel Swedenborg (Western Esoteric Masters): Essential Readings: 4 - Softcover

Swedenborg, Emanuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556434677 ISBN 13: 9781556434679

Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

Best known for his focus on the intuitive force within, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) also anticipated major modern discoveries in mineralogy, psychology, and anatomy. In this succinct and readable collection, Stanley expertly brings the most significant writings from Swedenborg's oeuvre together, showing readers a man who created a hieroglyphic language, reimagined the Genesis story, influenced Blake, Balzac, Strindberg, and Yeats, and authored a number of anonymous works that put the Swedish clergy of his day on high alert. This is the fourth title in the Western Esoteric Masters Series from North Atlantic Books.

About this title

Synopsis:

Emanuel Swedenborg was born in 1688, and three hundred years on he is remembered mainly for his visionary insight and his theological writings. He was, however, a man with interests both worldly and other-worldly. His studies in physics, mineralogy, anatomy, psychology, and spiritualism all anticipated major modern discoveries well before their time. Arranged by subject and carefully explained, Swedenborg's work is finally accessible to the modern reader.

About the Author:

Editor Michael Stanley was born in England in 1936. His early career in physics brought him to Columbia University, New York, and then he was called to the ministry. He was Principal of New Church College (Swedenborgian), where he taught philosophy, psychology, and comparative religion. He has lectured widely in the UK, as well as in Australia and the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1556434677
• ISBN 13: 9781556434679
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Stanley Michael