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	* [https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/about-us/about-swedenborg/ About Swedborg] at The Swedenborg Society.		* [https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/about-us/about-swedenborg/ About Swedborg] at The Swedenborg Society.
	* [http://blavatskytheosophy.com/blavatsky-on-swedenborg Blavatsky on Swedenborg] at Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK		* [http://blavatskytheosophy.com/blavatsky-on-swedenborg Blavatsky on Swedenborg] at Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK
			* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-other-worlds-of-emanuel-swedenborg The Other Worlds of Emanuel Swedenborg] by Richard Smoley, ''Quest'' 110.4 (Fall 2022): 29-34

	[[Category:Christians\|Swedenborg, Emanuel]]		[[Category:Christians\|Swedenborg, Emanuel]]

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	3) In response to a challenge, he confounded Queens Lovisa Ulrike of Sweden by telling her a family secret that she declared no living person could have revealed to him. <ref>Rose, Jonathan. <i>Swedenborg’s Garden of Theology.<i> Swedenborg Foundation Press, Westchester, Pa. 2010. Page 5</ref></blockquote></br><br> In order to publish, preserve, and promote the life-guiding principles of Emanual Swedenborg, a Foundation was established in 1849. The Swedenborg Foundation has a website and anyone interested can explore more of Emanuel Swedenborg’s ideas about this life and the next through a wide selection of printed books and e-books. Their New Century Edition books are available for free download. </br>		3) In response to a challenge, he confounded Queens Lovisa Ulrike of Sweden by telling her a family secret that she declared no living person could have revealed to him. <ref>Rose, Jonathan. <i>Swedenborg’s Garden of Theology.<i> Swedenborg Foundation Press, Westchester, Pa. 2010. Page 5</ref></blockquote></br><br> In order to publish, preserve, and promote the life-guiding principles of Emanual Swedenborg, a Foundation was established in 1849. The Swedenborg Foundation has a website and anyone interested can explore more of Emanuel Swedenborg’s ideas about this life and the next through a wide selection of printed books and e-books. Their New Century Edition books are available for free download. </br>

	<br>A list of his digital works can be found on the website of the Swedenborg Foundation [http://swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/] as well as a list of all his Theological writings: [https://swedenborg.~~com~~/~~emanuel~~-swedenborg/~~writings~~/]		<br>A list of his digital works can be found on the website of the Swedenborg Foundation [http://swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/] as well as a list of all his Theological writings: [https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/about-us/about-swedenborg/swede/]


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	===Articles===		===Articles===
	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/swedenborg-emanuel Swedenborg, Emanuel] at Theosophy World		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/swedenborg-emanuel Swedenborg, Emanuel] at Theosophy World
			* [https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/about-us/about-swedenborg/ About Swedborg] at The Swedenborg Society.
	* [http://blavatskytheosophy.com/blavatsky-on-swedenborg Blavatsky on Swedenborg] at Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK		* [http://blavatskytheosophy.com/blavatsky-on-swedenborg Blavatsky on Swedenborg] at Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK

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	<br>By the mid-1760s Swedenborg had begun to attract a following both in Sweden and abroad. His books and his spiritual teachings had spread widely enough to arouse strong allegiances as well as oppositions. He continued to travel and on a trip to London he made the acquaintance of some men who would form the nucleus of the Swedenborgian movement in England. They were instrumental in issuing some of the first editions of Swedenborg’s works in English. </br>		<br>By the mid-1760s Swedenborg had begun to attract a following both in Sweden and abroad. His books and his spiritual teachings had spread widely enough to arouse strong allegiances as well as oppositions. He continued to travel and on a trip to London he made the acquaintance of some men who would form the nucleus of the Swedenborgian movement in England. They were instrumental in issuing some of the first editions of Swedenborg’s works in English. </br>

	In December 1977 Swedenborg suffered a stroke, which incapacitated him for several weeks and temporarily removed his spiritual sight. I was soon restored, but Swedenborg remained partially paralyzed and began to tell his friends that he was going to depart for the world of spirits soon, in a letter he said it would be on May 29th, 1772. The prophecy proved true. He died at the age of eighty-four and his last words were to the landlady and her housemaid: “I thank you. God bless you.” <ref>Smoley, Richard. <i>The Inner Journey of Emanuel Swedenborg. From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 40-47</ref>		In December 1977 Swedenborg suffered a stroke, which incapacitated him for several weeks and temporarily removed his spiritual sight. It was soon restored, but Swedenborg remained partially paralyzed and began to tell his friends that he was going to depart for the world of spirits soon, in a letter he said it would be on May 29th, 1772. The prophecy proved true. He died at the age of eighty-four and his last words were to the landlady and her housemaid: “I thank you. God bless you.” <ref>Smoley, Richard. <i>The Inner Journey of Emanuel Swedenborg. From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 40-47</ref>

	==Theosophists on Swedenborg==		==Theosophists on Swedenborg==

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	3) In response to a challenge, he confounded Queens Lovisa Ulrike of Sweden by telling her a family secret that she declared no living person could have revealed to him. <ref>Rose, Jonathan. <i>Swedenborg’s Garden of Theology.<i> Swedenborg Foundation Press, Westchester, Pa. 2010. Page 5</ref></blockquote></br><br> In order to publish, preserve, and promote the life-guiding principles of Emanual Swedenborg, a Foundation was established in 1849. The Swedenborg Foundation has a website and anyone interested can explore more of Emanuel Swedenborg’s ideas about this life and the next through a wide selection of printed books and e-books. Their New Century Edition books are available for free download. </br>		3) In response to a challenge, he confounded Queens Lovisa Ulrike of Sweden by telling her a family secret that she declared no living person could have revealed to him. <ref>Rose, Jonathan. <i>Swedenborg’s Garden of Theology.<i> Swedenborg Foundation Press, Westchester, Pa. 2010. Page 5</ref></blockquote></br><br> In order to publish, preserve, and promote the life-guiding principles of Emanual Swedenborg, a Foundation was established in 1849. The Swedenborg Foundation has a website and anyone interested can explore more of Emanuel Swedenborg’s ideas about this life and the next through a wide selection of printed books and e-books. Their New Century Edition books are available for free download. </br>

	<br>A list of his digital works can be found on the website of the [http://swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/] ~~Swedenborg Foundation~~.		<br>A list of his digital works can be found on the website of the Swedenborg Foundation [http://swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/] as well as a list of all his Theological writings: [https://swedenborg.com/emanuel-swedenborg/writings/]

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	==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==		==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==

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	<br>In his major work <i>Oeconomia Regni Animalis</i> (Dynamics of the Soul’s Domain) discusses the heart and the blood, which Swedenborg saw as “the complex of all things that exist in the world and the storehouse….of all that exists in the body” as well as the brain, the nervous system, and the soul. </ref> From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 17</ref></br>		<br>In his major work <i>Oeconomia Regni Animalis</i> (Dynamics of the Soul’s Domain) discusses the heart and the blood, which Swedenborg saw as “the complex of all things that exist in the world and the storehouse….of all that exists in the body” as well as the brain, the nervous system, and the soul. </ref> From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 17</ref></br>
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	3) In response to a challenge, he confounded Queens Lovisa Ulrike of Sweden by telling her a family secret that she declared no living person could have revealed to him. <ref>Rose, Jonathan. <i>Swedenborg’s Garden of Theology.<i> Swedenborg Foundation Press, Westchester, Pa. 2010. Page 5</ref></blockquote></br><br> In order to publish, preserve, and promote the life-guiding principles of Emanual Swedenborg, a Foundation was established in 1849. The Swedenborg Foundation has a website and anyone interested can explore more of Emanuel Swedenborg’s ideas about this life and the next through a wide selection of printed books and e-books. Their New Century Edition books are available for free download. </br>		3) In response to a challenge, he confounded Queens Lovisa Ulrike of Sweden by telling her a family secret that she declared no living person could have revealed to him. <ref>Rose, Jonathan. <i>Swedenborg’s Garden of Theology.<i> Swedenborg Foundation Press, Westchester, Pa. 2010. Page 5</ref></blockquote></br><br> In order to publish, preserve, and promote the life-guiding principles of Emanual Swedenborg, a Foundation was established in 1849. The Swedenborg Foundation has a website and anyone interested can explore more of Emanuel Swedenborg’s ideas about this life and the next through a wide selection of printed books and e-books. Their New Century Edition books are available for free download. </br>

	<br>A list of his digital works can be found on the website of the ~~Swedenborg Foundation.~~[http://swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/]]		<br>A list of his digital works can be found on the website of the [http://swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/] Swedenborg Foundation.

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	==Correspondences==		==Correspondences==

	[[File: Dictionary_of_Correspondences.jpeg\|right\|260px\|thumb~~\|Uppsala University~~]]		[[File: Dictionary_of_Correspondences.jpeg\|right\|260px\|thumb]]

	<br>Anyone interested to know how Swedenborg understood the Bible should read Arcana Coelistia. Swedenborg interpreted the Bible in a whole new light. For Swedenborg, the Bible is written in a symbolic code, and its purpose is to depict truths about the spiritual worlds. This code is one of correspondences. The truth about correspondences was known to the ancients, but for us, and for the people of Swedenborg’s time, it is lost. Its essence is that there is a direct, one-to-one link between the elements of our world, both natural and man-made, and the spiritual worlds within. <ref> Lachmann, Gary. <i>Swedenborg. An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. <i> The Swedenborg Society, 2009. Page 111 </ref> He wrote <blockquote> “The whole natural world corresponds to the spiritual world – not just the natural world in general, but actually in details. It is vital to understand that the natural world emerges and endures from the spiritual world, just like an effect from the cause that produces it.” <ref>Swedenborg, <i>Heaven and Hell<i> tr. George F. Dole. New York, Swedenborg Foundation, 1984. P. 81 ff</ref></blockquote></br>		<br>Anyone interested to know how Swedenborg understood the Bible should read Arcana Coelistia. Swedenborg interpreted the Bible in a whole new light. For Swedenborg, the Bible is written in a symbolic code, and its purpose is to depict truths about the spiritual worlds. This code is one of correspondences. The truth about correspondences was known to the ancients, but for us, and for the people of Swedenborg’s time, it is lost. Its essence is that there is a direct, one-to-one link between the elements of our world, both natural and man-made, and the spiritual worlds within. <ref> Lachmann, Gary. <i>Swedenborg. An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. <i> The Swedenborg Society, 2009. Page 111 </ref> He wrote <blockquote> “The whole natural world corresponds to the spiritual world – not just the natural world in general, but actually in details. It is vital to understand that the natural world emerges and endures from the spiritual world, just like an effect from the cause that produces it.” <ref>Swedenborg, <i>Heaven and Hell<i> tr. George F. Dole. New York, Swedenborg Foundation, 1984. P. 81 ff</ref></blockquote></br>
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	==Last Years and Final Voyage==		==Last Years and Final Voyage==
	[[File: Memorial_Swedenborg.jpg\|left\|260px\|thumb~~\|Uppsala University~~]]		[[File: Memorial_Swedenborg.jpg\|left\|260px\|thumb]]

	<br>Swedenborg saw the publication of many books including a commentary on the Revelation of John called <i>Revelation Unveiled</i>. The Book of Revelation, according to Swedenborg, does not allude to empires and kingdoms, but to spiritual dimensions. </br>		<br>Swedenborg saw the publication of many books including a commentary on the Revelation of John called <i>Revelation Unveiled</i>. The Book of Revelation, according to Swedenborg, does not allude to empires and kingdoms, but to spiritual dimensions. </br>
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	==Theosophists on Swedenborg==		==Theosophists on Swedenborg==

	[[File: Swedenborg-Blavatsky.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb~~\|Uppsala University~~]]		[[File: Swedenborg-Blavatsky.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb]]

	<br> Madame [[Blavatsky]] described Swedenborg as “the greatest among the modern seers” but was not sparing with her criticism of him in the areas where she felt criticism was due.		<br> Madame [[Blavatsky]] described Swedenborg as “the greatest among the modern seers” but was not sparing with her criticism of him in the areas where she felt criticism was due.
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	==Assessment==		==Assessment==

	[[File: Swedenborg_Foundation.png\|left\|260px\|thumb~~\|Uppsala University~~]]		[[File: Swedenborg_Foundation.png\|left\|260px\|thumb]]

	<br>Swedenborg’s followers soon assembled themselves into a new denomination, but his legacy extends much further than the New Church. It can be seen in the works of William Blake, Honoré de Balzac, and Charles Baudelaire.</br>		<br>Swedenborg’s followers soon assembled themselves into a new denomination, but his legacy extends much further than the New Church. It can be seen in the works of William Blake, Honoré de Balzac, and Charles Baudelaire.</br>

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	==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==		==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==

	~~[[File: Interaction_of_Soul_and_Body.png\|left\|260px\|thumb]~~

	<br>In his major work <i>Oeconomia Regni Animalis</i> (Dynamics of the Soul’s Domain) discusses the heart and the blood, which Swedenborg saw as “the complex of all things that exist in the world and the storehouse….of all that exists in the body” as well as the brain, the nervous system, and the soul. </ref> From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 17</ref></br>		<br>In his major work <i>Oeconomia Regni Animalis</i> (Dynamics of the Soul’s Domain) discusses the heart and the blood, which Swedenborg saw as “the complex of all things that exist in the world and the storehouse….of all that exists in the body” as well as the brain, the nervous system, and the soul. </ref> From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 17</ref></br>
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	==Correspondences==		==Correspondences==

	[[File: Dictionary_of_Correspondences.jpeg\|right\|260px\|thumb]]		[[File: Dictionary_of_Correspondences.jpeg\|right\|260px\|thumb\|Uppsala University]]

	<br>Anyone interested to know how Swedenborg understood the Bible should read Arcana Coelistia. Swedenborg interpreted the Bible in a whole new light. For Swedenborg, the Bible is written in a symbolic code, and its purpose is to depict truths about the spiritual worlds. This code is one of correspondences. The truth about correspondences was known to the ancients, but for us, and for the people of Swedenborg’s time, it is lost. Its essence is that there is a direct, one-to-one link between the elements of our world, both natural and man-made, and the spiritual worlds within. <ref> Lachmann, Gary. <i>Swedenborg. An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. <i> The Swedenborg Society, 2009. Page 111 </ref> He wrote <blockquote> “The whole natural world corresponds to the spiritual world – not just the natural world in general, but actually in details. It is vital to understand that the natural world emerges and endures from the spiritual world, just like an effect from the cause that produces it.” <ref>Swedenborg, <i>Heaven and Hell<i> tr. George F. Dole. New York, Swedenborg Foundation, 1984. P. 81 ff</ref></blockquote></br>		<br>Anyone interested to know how Swedenborg understood the Bible should read Arcana Coelistia. Swedenborg interpreted the Bible in a whole new light. For Swedenborg, the Bible is written in a symbolic code, and its purpose is to depict truths about the spiritual worlds. This code is one of correspondences. The truth about correspondences was known to the ancients, but for us, and for the people of Swedenborg’s time, it is lost. Its essence is that there is a direct, one-to-one link between the elements of our world, both natural and man-made, and the spiritual worlds within. <ref> Lachmann, Gary. <i>Swedenborg. An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. <i> The Swedenborg Society, 2009. Page 111 </ref> He wrote <blockquote> “The whole natural world corresponds to the spiritual world – not just the natural world in general, but actually in details. It is vital to understand that the natural world emerges and endures from the spiritual world, just like an effect from the cause that produces it.” <ref>Swedenborg, <i>Heaven and Hell<i> tr. George F. Dole. New York, Swedenborg Foundation, 1984. P. 81 ff</ref></blockquote></br>
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	==Last Years and Final Voyage==		==Last Years and Final Voyage==
	[[File: Memorial_Swedenborg.jpg\|left\|260px\|thumb]]		[[File: Memorial_Swedenborg.jpg\|left\|260px\|thumb\|Uppsala University]]

	<br>Swedenborg saw the publication of many books including a commentary on the Revelation of John called <i>Revelation Unveiled</i>. The Book of Revelation, according to Swedenborg, does not allude to empires and kingdoms, but to spiritual dimensions. </br>		<br>Swedenborg saw the publication of many books including a commentary on the Revelation of John called <i>Revelation Unveiled</i>. The Book of Revelation, according to Swedenborg, does not allude to empires and kingdoms, but to spiritual dimensions. </br>
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	==Theosophists on Swedenborg==		==Theosophists on Swedenborg==

	[[File: Swedenborg-Blavatsky.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb]]		[[File: Swedenborg-Blavatsky.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb\|Uppsala University]]

	<br> Madame [[Blavatsky]] described Swedenborg as “the greatest among the modern seers” but was not sparing with her criticism of him in the areas where she felt criticism was due.		<br> Madame [[Blavatsky]] described Swedenborg as “the greatest among the modern seers” but was not sparing with her criticism of him in the areas where she felt criticism was due.
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	==Assessment==		==Assessment==

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	<br>Swedenborg’s followers soon assembled themselves into a new denomination, but his legacy extends much further than the New Church. It can be seen in the works of William Blake, Honoré de Balzac, and Charles Baudelaire.</br>		<br>Swedenborg’s followers soon assembled themselves into a new denomination, but his legacy extends much further than the New Church. It can be seen in the works of William Blake, Honoré de Balzac, and Charles Baudelaire.</br>

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	==Initial Projects and First Major Works==		==Initial Projects and First Major Works==

	<br>In 1734 at the age of 46, he published his first major scientific work, <i>The Mineral Kingdom, </i> in three parts. The first part, called <i>The Principia,</i> was a theoretical physical hypothesis of the origin of the material world from an invisible infinite source. The other two parts were mineralogical works. Besides firmly establishing his reputation as a scientist it also showed the depth of his thinking into “causes of things”. <i>The Principia</i> is an application of Neoplatonic emanations of reality coupled with the principles of geometry and dynamics. Swedenborg perceived that for <i>anything</i> to exist it must be <I>continually</I> being created from within itself.</i><ref>Stanley, Michael. <i>Western Esoteric Masters Series: Emanuel Swedenborg</i>North Atlantic Books, Berkley, Ca. 2003. Introduction</ref>Along with <i>De Infinito</i> (The Infinite), also published in 1734, it provides the most comprehensive portrait of Swedenborg’s philosophical thought before his visionary experiences began in earnest. </br>		<br>In 1734 at the age of 46, he published his first major scientific work, <i>The Mineral Kingdom, </i> in three parts. The first part, called <i>The Principia,</i> was a theoretical physical hypothesis of the origin of the material world from an invisible infinite source. The other two parts were mineralogical works. Besides firmly establishing his reputation as a scientist it also showed the depth of his thinking into “causes of things”. <i>The Principia</i> is an application of Neoplatonic emanations of reality coupled with the principles of geometry and dynamics. Swedenborg perceived that for <i>anything</i> to exist it must be <I>continually</I> being created from within itself.</i><ref>Stanley, Michael. <i>Western Esoteric Masters Series: Emanuel Swedenborg</i>North Atlantic Books, Berkley, Ca. 2003. Introduction</ref>
	<br>In these works, three things stand out as especially noteworthy: (1) Swedenborg’s effort to reason deductively, from first, principle, as well as empirically, from evidence, seeing both as equally important. (2) His concern to relate the infinite to the finite. (3) He accepts the mechanistic worldview of the era, but only to a degree. <ref>Smoley, Richard. <i>The Inner Journey of Emanuel Swedenborg. From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 15</ref></br>


	==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==		==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==

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	==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==		==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==

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	<br>In his major work <i>Oeconomia Regni Animalis</i> (Dynamics of the Soul’s Domain) discusses the heart and the blood, which Swedenborg saw as “the complex of all things that exist in the world and the storehouse….of all that exists in the body” as well as the brain, the nervous system, and the soul. </ref> From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 17</ref></br>		<br>In his major work <i>Oeconomia Regni Animalis</i> (Dynamics of the Soul’s Domain) discusses the heart and the blood, which Swedenborg saw as “the complex of all things that exist in the world and the storehouse….of all that exists in the body” as well as the brain, the nervous system, and the soul. </ref> From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 17</ref></br>
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	==Correspondences==		==Correspondences==

	[[File: Dictionary_of_Correspondences.jpeg\|right\|260px\|thumb~~\|Uppsala University~~]]		[[File: Dictionary_of_Correspondences.jpeg\|right\|260px\|thumb]]

	<br>Anyone interested to know how Swedenborg understood the Bible should read Arcana Coelistia. Swedenborg interpreted the Bible in a whole new light. For Swedenborg, the Bible is written in a symbolic code, and its purpose is to depict truths about the spiritual worlds. This code is one of correspondences. The truth about correspondences was known to the ancients, but for us, and for the people of Swedenborg’s time, it is lost. Its essence is that there is a direct, one-to-one link between the elements of our world, both natural and man-made, and the spiritual worlds within. <ref> Lachmann, Gary. <i>Swedenborg. An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. <i> The Swedenborg Society, 2009. Page 111 </ref> He wrote <blockquote> “The whole natural world corresponds to the spiritual world – not just the natural world in general, but actually in details. It is vital to understand that the natural world emerges and endures from the spiritual world, just like an effect from the cause that produces it.” <ref>Swedenborg, <i>Heaven and Hell<i> tr. George F. Dole. New York, Swedenborg Foundation, 1984. P. 81 ff</ref></blockquote></br>		<br>Anyone interested to know how Swedenborg understood the Bible should read Arcana Coelistia. Swedenborg interpreted the Bible in a whole new light. For Swedenborg, the Bible is written in a symbolic code, and its purpose is to depict truths about the spiritual worlds. This code is one of correspondences. The truth about correspondences was known to the ancients, but for us, and for the people of Swedenborg’s time, it is lost. Its essence is that there is a direct, one-to-one link between the elements of our world, both natural and man-made, and the spiritual worlds within. <ref> Lachmann, Gary. <i>Swedenborg. An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. <i> The Swedenborg Society, 2009. Page 111 </ref> He wrote <blockquote> “The whole natural world corresponds to the spiritual world – not just the natural world in general, but actually in details. It is vital to understand that the natural world emerges and endures from the spiritual world, just like an effect from the cause that produces it.” <ref>Swedenborg, <i>Heaven and Hell<i> tr. George F. Dole. New York, Swedenborg Foundation, 1984. P. 81 ff</ref></blockquote></br>
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	==Last Years and Final Voyage==		==Last Years and Final Voyage==
	[[File: Memorial_Swedenborg.jpg\|left\|260px\|thumb~~\|Uppsala University~~]]		[[File: Memorial_Swedenborg.jpg\|left\|260px\|thumb]]

	<br>Swedenborg saw the publication of many books including a commentary on the Revelation of John called <i>Revelation Unveiled</i>. The Book of Revelation, according to Swedenborg, does not allude to empires and kingdoms, but to spiritual dimensions. </br>		<br>Swedenborg saw the publication of many books including a commentary on the Revelation of John called <i>Revelation Unveiled</i>. The Book of Revelation, according to Swedenborg, does not allude to empires and kingdoms, but to spiritual dimensions. </br>
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	==Theosophists on Swedenborg==		==Theosophists on Swedenborg==

	[[File: Swedenborg-Blavatsky.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb~~\|Uppsala University~~]]		[[File: Swedenborg-Blavatsky.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb]]

	<br> Madame [[Blavatsky]] described Swedenborg as “the greatest among the modern seers” but was not sparing with her criticism of him in the areas where she felt criticism was due.		<br> Madame [[Blavatsky]] described Swedenborg as “the greatest among the modern seers” but was not sparing with her criticism of him in the areas where she felt criticism was due.
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	==Assessment==		==Assessment==

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	<br>Swedenborg’s followers soon assembled themselves into a new denomination, but his legacy extends much further than the New Church. It can be seen in the works of William Blake, Honoré de Balzac, and Charles Baudelaire.</br>		<br>Swedenborg’s followers soon assembled themselves into a new denomination, but his legacy extends much further than the New Church. It can be seen in the works of William Blake, Honoré de Balzac, and Charles Baudelaire.</br>

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	==Initial Projects and First Major Works==		==Initial Projects and First Major Works==

	<br>In 1734 at the age of 46, he published his first major scientific work, <i>The Mineral Kingdom, </i> in three parts. The first part, called <i>The Principia,</i> was a theoretical physical hypothesis of the origin of the material world from an invisible infinite source. The other two parts were mineralogical works. Besides firmly establishing his reputation as a scientist it also showed the depth of his thinking into “causes of things”. <i>The Principia</i> is an application of Neoplatonic emanations of reality coupled with the principles of geometry and dynamics. Swedenborg perceived that for <i>anything</i> to exist it must be <I>continually</I> being created from within itself.</i><ref>Stanley, Michael. <i>Western Esoteric Masters Series: Emanuel Swedenborg</i>North Atlantic Books, Berkley, Ca. 2003. Introduction</ref>		<br>In 1734 at the age of 46, he published his first major scientific work, <i>The Mineral Kingdom, </i> in three parts. The first part, called <i>The Principia,</i> was a theoretical physical hypothesis of the origin of the material world from an invisible infinite source. The other two parts were mineralogical works. Besides firmly establishing his reputation as a scientist it also showed the depth of his thinking into “causes of things”. <i>The Principia</i> is an application of Neoplatonic emanations of reality coupled with the principles of geometry and dynamics. Swedenborg perceived that for <i>anything</i> to exist it must be <I>continually</I> being created from within itself.</i><ref>Stanley, Michael. <i>Western Esoteric Masters Series: Emanuel Swedenborg</i>North Atlantic Books, Berkley, Ca. 2003. Introduction</ref>Along with <i>De Infinito</i> (The Infinite), also published in 1734, it provides the most comprehensive portrait of Swedenborg’s philosophical thought before his visionary experiences began in earnest. </br>
			<br>In these works, three things stand out as especially noteworthy: (1) Swedenborg’s effort to reason deductively, from first, principle, as well as empirically, from evidence, seeing both as equally important. (2) His concern to relate the infinite to the finite. (3) He accepts the mechanistic worldview of the era, but only to a degree. <ref>Smoley, Richard. <i>The Inner Journey of Emanuel Swedenborg. From: Emanuel Swedenborg. Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work, and Impact. Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, Pa. 2005. Page 15</ref></br>


	==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==		==Researches into the Realm of the Soul==