Reflections from Swedenborg
Byย Emanuel Swedenborg
Edited and translated byย George F. Dole
Forewordย byย Huston Smith
George Dole has translated and arranged by theme a selection of passages from Emanuel Swedenborg’s works on life, heaven and hell, and the nature of God. An accessible introduction for the reader new to Swedenborg.
Paperback and e-book, 184 pages
Description
In this thoughtful introduction to Emanuel Swedenborgโs spiritual writings, author George F. Dole leads the reader through a philosophical consideration of how this eighteenth-century theology fits into modern concepts of knowledge, self, and the afterlife.
Starting with the question of knowledgeโhow we come to accept the things that we believe to be trueโDole then offers Swedenborg-based examples of the oneness underlying all of reality and examines what that suggests about the interconnection of the physical and spiritual worlds. This leads to a discussion of what it means to live a morally good life and how that impacts the choices we make in daily life, followed by questions of what that means for spiritual community. The final chapter wraps all of these themes together as Dole tackles the central concept of Swedenborgโs theologyโGod.
Each of the ten chapters starts with a brief introduction from Dole followed by a series of short excerpts from Swedenborgโs writings that illustrate the point. For this volume, all of Swedenborgโs words were translated from the Latin by Dole himself, who is also a translator for the New Century Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg.
Reviews
โGeorge F. Dole … has done us a great service in bringing Emanuel Swedenborg back to the attention of our distracted age.โ
โfrom the foreword by Huston Smith
Additional information
Author | Emanuel Swedenborg |
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Editor | George F. Dole |
Translator | George F. Dole |
Foreword | Huston Smith |
Format | paperback, e-book |
ISBN | 978-0-87785-148-6 pb, 978-0-87785-693-1 e-book |
Length | 184 pages |
Release Date | 1995 |