The Swedish Prophet

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) occupies a unique place in the history of thought. Raised during the Enlightenment and trained as a scholar and a scientist, he approached his religious visions in a systematic way that at the same time resonates with artists and philosophers up to our modern age.

Jos Antonio Antn-Pacheco is a professor of the history of philosophy at the University of Seville in Spain. His particular area of interest is hermeneutics and traditional thought. He founded the Swedenborg Society of Spain, as well as the Center for Comparative Spiritual Studies and the Seminary for Comparative Hermeneutics. He has written a number of books and articles on philosophy and metaphysics, including, most recently, La sabidura maz-dea: Dos textos del Irn antiguo (The Wisdom of Ahura Mazda: Two Texts from Ancient Iran).