Emanuel Swedenborg Essential Readings

Emanuel Swedenborg was born in 1688, and more than three hundred years later he is remembered for his visionary insight and theological writings. He was a man with interests both wordly and other-worldly; his studies in physics, mineralogy, anatomy, and psychology all anticipated major modern discoveries well before their time. To those versed in the teachings of the New Age, much of Swedenborg's spiritual work will seem familiar. By drawing on the intuitive source within, he discovered an essential key to wisdom -- a key that is highly relevant to the growing endeavor to holistically grasp the physical and spiritual dimensions of life. Arranged by subject and carefully explained, this volume of the Western Esoteric Masters Series finally makes Swedenborg's seminal work accessible to the modern reader. Book jacket.

Editor Michael Stanley was born in England in 1936. His early career in physics brought him to Columbia University, New York, and then he was called to the ministry. He was Principal of New Church College (Swedenborgian), where he taught philosophy, psychology, and comparative religion. He has lectured widely in the UK, as well as in Australia and the United States.