January-June 2012
In This Issue
Editorial Remarks
Two articles focus on different aspects of Swedenborg’s private life.
The first, by Rev. Olle Hjern, is about his outer life when living in
Stockholm, while the second, by Rev. Dr. George Dole, is about his inner
mental life following his turning from science and philosophy to theology
after his call...
In Memoriam: William Ross Woofenden
Swedenborg in Stockholm
Olle Hjern
We know that Emanuel Swedenborg, spent a large portion of his
time traveling through countries outside Sweden and that he passed
the last part of his life in England. However, it is quite clear that the place
where he worked the most and where he returned again and again was
Stockholm, the place of his birth. Of course this city has changed dramatically
since the time when he lived there, but the whole structure of the
central areas, where he was reportedly seen by many, is still largely the
same as it was in his lifetime...
A Missing Chapter
George F. Dole
Between April 1745, when his open experiences of the spiritual world
started, and December 1748, when he started writing Secrets of Heaven,
Swedenborg wrote some 5,000 folio pages of material that he never published.
He started by drafting a presentation of deeper meaning in Genesis
and Exodus, turned then to Joshua, Judges, First and Second Samuel, and
First and Second Kings, then went back and went through Leviticus,
Numbers, and Deuteronomy, and then did Isaiah and made a beginning
on Jeremiah...
Proving God
Edward F. Sylvia
There has been real concern over the slow growth of the Swedenborgian
Church and its intellectual challenges have increased toward demonstrating
the relevancy of Swedenborg’s ideas to a post-modern world. This
article, taken from my address in April at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the
Swedenborg Scientific Association, attempts to briefly explore the radical
idea that today’s scientists must still catch up to Swedenborg’s models of
reality...
Book Reviews
Erland J. Brock
A Descriptive Bibliography of the Works of Emanual Swedenborg (1588-1772), Vol. I
The Hidden Levels of the Mind: Swedenborg's Theory of Consciousness
Received for Review
12 Miracles of Spiritual Growth: A Path of Healing from the Gospels
Swedenborg: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
The Swedish Prophet: Reflections on the Visionary Philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg
A History of the Swedenborg Society, 1920-2010
News, Notes and Comments
Gardens of Heaven and Earth
Memoirs of Swedenborg, and Other Documents
Stay by Me, Roses: The Life of American Artist, Alice Archer Sewall James, 1870-1955
A History of the Swedenborg Society, 1920-2010
Style Guide for The New Philosophy
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