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"What a compelling read this is, and so satisfying: a story of a man becoming free,
a spiritual love story with all the tension of a thriller and a plot of mistaken identifies worthy of Shakespeare." - Linda Proud, author of The Botticelli Trilogy
West Chester, PA, January 26, 2012 - Paradise Misplaced: Book One of the Mexican Eden Trilogy (Swedenborg Foundation Press, $15.95, 304 pages, paperback, ISBN-13 978-087785-341-1) is the first book of a genre-spanning trilogy that explores themes of personal transformation. Shaw's vivid and meticulously researched description of Mexican society in the early twentieth century provides a unique setting for this saga about the loss of Eden.
Captain Benjamín Nyman, son of the wealthiest man in Mexico, has everything a young man could want. But in the days leading up to the Mexican Revolution of 1910, he finds himself questioning his loyalty to the regime. His mother, a staunch supporter of the dictator, is prepared to take drastic measures to keep him from defecting and joining the revolutionaries. Likewise, Benjamín Nyman will do almost anything, even impersonate a priest, in a ruse to expose his brother's fiancée as a calculating fortune hunter - but he too falls in love with her. All this, and a fateful late-night encounter with his father, set the young man on a path that leads to war, poverty, imprisonment, and a mystical friendship with a Tarahumara shaman. Together, he and the shaman plot their escape from the prison - and Benjamín faces a dilemma he never foresaw.
Benjamin's journey of personal transformation will appeal to readers of historical fiction and anyone curious about Mexican history and a Swedenborgian approach to love, life, and spirituality.
Sylvia Montgomery Shaw is a Mexican-American writer and scholar. Her teaching career has taken her to the University of Rhode Island, Clark University, Boston University, and Bryn Athyn College, where she chairs the English department. She currently divides her time between Sutton, Massachusetts, and Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.
West Chester, PA, January 24, 2012 - Secrets of Heaven is Emanuel Swedenborg's magnum opus, a fifteen-volume work that delves into the inner, spiritual meaning of the Bible and lays the groundwork for the rest of his writings.
The second volume covers Genesis 9-15, beginning with God's covenant with Noah following the Flood and ending with Abraham. This is the first time that this volume of the new translation has been available.
This new translation is part of the New Century Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg, an ongoing project to render Swedenborg's theological works in clear, contemporary language that reflects the simple and engaging style of the original Latin. The portable edition contains the text of the New Century Edition translation, but not the annotations or other supplementary materials found in the deluxe edition.
This is the second time that the Swedenborg Foundation is releasing the text of a New Century Edition translation in advance of the deluxe edition, which will also include a translator's preface, notes explaining historical points in the text, and an index to both volumes. The scholarly version will be released next year.
Emanuel Swedenborg was an eighteenth century scientist, engineer, politician, philosopher, and prolific writer on scientific, philosophical, and theological subjects.
Lisa Hyatt Cooper is translator of the fifteen-volume Secrets of Heaven for the Swedenborg Foundation's New Century Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg.
Secrets of Heaven is Emanuel Swedenborg's magnum opus, a fifteen-volume work that delves into the inner, spiritual meaning of the Bible and lays the groundwork for the rest of his writings.
West Chester, PA, January 25, 2012 - The Swedenborg Foundation Press is pleased to announce the publication of It's a Deal! Dynamic Transactions, the eighteenth edition of the
This literary collection of original essays, poems, and short stories enhanced with artwork focuses on how people enrich their lives by exchanging news, by networking in new and old relationships, and by participating in transactions in both society and nature through which new understanding and ideas are revealed.
A number of notable poets and poet laureates have contributed to this year's
Other notable entries under include:
Robert F. Lawson and Carol S. Lawson, editors of the Chrysalis Reader, present a new spiritual theme in each annual publication.
Robert F. Lawson's poetry has appeared in Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Salt Lick, Plum Review, Phoenix, Negative Capability, Kalliope, Hampden-Sydney Review, among many others. He is currently the major gifts and planned giving officer for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
Carol S. Lawson's long and varied career in publishing has included editing a journal for Harper & Row, publications work for the U.S. Public Health Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, and the executive editor position at the American Birding Association.
For further information, contact:
Joanna Hill, 610-430-3222, ext 12 (jhill@swedenborg.com) or
Alexia Cole, 610-430-3222, ext 15 (pubasst@swedenborg.com)
New Entries Sought for Second Annual Bridge Book Awards
November 3, 2011---The General Church of the New Jerusalem and the Swedenborg Foundation, publisher of the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg, are pleased to announce the second annual Bridge Book Awards competition.
The Bridge Book Awards were created to encourage new writers to explore the ideas of Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). Interested authors should submit a query letter, outline, and sample chapter for their proposed book, which will be evaluated by a panel chosen by the competition organizers.
Three winners and three runners-up will be chosen for this second annual contest. Winners will receive a cash prize of $1,500; runners-up will receive $500. All winners will be honored at an award ceremony and have their entries considered for possible publication by the Swedenborg Foundation Press editorial board.
The deadline for proposal submission is February 1, 2012.
Winners will be announced in April 2012.
Suggested List of Genres and Topics
Genres:
Fiction
Nonfiction
Memoir/Autobiography/Biography
Young Adult
Humor
Topics:
Because of the growing interest in the works of Emanuel Swedenborg and increased student body at Bryn Athyn College, whose curriculum is based on Swedenborg's theology, the Swedenborg Foundation and the General Church are eager to publish books that are relevant, accessible, and theologically sound. All proposals are valued, and varied perspectives are welcomed. The final selections will be based on a combination of potential usefulness to new readers of Swedenborg, creative interpretation, quality of writing, and contemporary relevance.
For further information about the contest, go to www.swedenborg.com or www.newchurch.org. Forms for submitting proposals are available in downloadable form as "Bridge Book Awards 2012" under the "Free Downloads" Tab on this site. You can also request entry forms from Alexia Cole at 610-430-3222, ext 15 or pubasst@swedenborg.com.
If there is interest, there may be a proposal-writing workshop to assist interested participants at Bryn Athyn College in November and/or December.
Contact Alexia Cole or check the websites for further information.
The Swedenborg Foundation Press launches a new Spanish-language program with the publication of Un recorrido por los cielos y sus maravillas, a translation of the Foundation's bestseller Afterlife.
Afterlife takes the essence of Swedenborg's classic Heaven and Hell and presents it chronologically, starting with the process of awakening after death and then taking the reader on a journey through both heaven and hell. This shorter format provides an eye-opening introduction to Swedenborg's philosophy.
Sylvia Montgomery Shaw is a Mexican-American writer and scholar who was born in
Un recorrido por los cielos y sus maravillas
Emanuel Swedenborg / edited by Donald L. Rose / translated by Sylvia Montgomery Shaw
978-0-87785-425-8, 176 pp, $12.95 pb
Publication date: November 2010
Distribution: Swedenborg Foundation c/o
800.621.2736 USA/Canada / 773.702.7000 International
With a new translation of Swedenborg's works available for the first time in over one hundred years, the Foundation is poised to make his writings known by many more people. This project is a fifteen-year, five-million dollar undertaking. The new translations, called The New Century Edition, are accompanied by explanatory footnotes, scholarly introductions, and printed in deluxe, two-color volumes. To make these works more accessible, spin-off portable editions are available for five volumes.
In addition to translations, the Foundation publishes related academic books, such as the new Swedenborg, Mesmer, and the Mind/Body Connection: The Roots of Complementary Medicine by John Haller Jr. It also makes Swedenborg's work more accessible through general interest titles, such as a new book by Bruce Henderson, Why Does God Let It Happen? This book delves into the age-old question raised by the title. Drawing from Swedenborg's work Divine Providence, the author explains how misfortune is not punishment from God, but ultimately can lead to good.
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