Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell: Drawn From Things Heard & Seen

by Emanuel Swedenborg

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In 'Heaven and Hell,' Swedenborg gives the reader a detailed description of the afterlife. He deals with God, heaven, hell, angels, spirits, and devils; and he addresses the issues of who is in heaven and hell. Are there any Jews, Muslims, and people of pre-Christian times such as pagan Romans and Greeks in heaven? He posits that the love of self or of the world drives one towards hell, and love of God and fellow men towards heaven. Here is the most influential and important book ever show more written on the subject!. show less

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Testo interessante, per le sue influenze su arte e cultura, dell'illuminista svedese che, all'età di cinquantasette anni, iniziò il suo dialogo con l'aldilà e si trasformò in visionario mistico.
If you haven't read any of Swedenborg's cannon of work, this is a good place to start. Like all of Swedenborg's work it is incredibly detailed in its description of the Spiritual world.
Given to Matthew Hayes - 05/11/2023
DEL CIELO Y DEL INFIERNO

.Swedenborg es un ser que ha experimentado y
atravesado todos los estados de una vida psiquica
de las más intensas y completas....
Paul Valéry

De los ültimos tres siglos, los dos grandes relatos
visionarios más valorados y que mayor influencia harn
ejercido en nuestra cultura son, sin duda, El matrimonio
del Cielo y del Iufierno (1790) de William Blake y Del Cielo
y del Infierno (1758) del sueco Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-
1772). Swedenborg dedicó la primera parte de su vida
a la investigación cientifica, destacando como ingeniero
e inventor de artilugios mecánicos. A partir de 1745 una
visión cambiaria totalmente el rumbo de su vida y de su
obra, orientándola hacia un plano puramente mistico.
Despuès de este hecho, y show more a lo largo de casi 30 años, tiene
continuas y claras visiones, recogidas en este libro, que le
hacen recorrer los diferentes cielos e infiernos del otro
mundo y conversar con los muertos, los demonios y los
ángeles, que para él no representan -como afirman las
ortodoxias religiosas- un sistema de premios y castigos,
sino una visión metafisica de los diferentes estados
evolutivos de cada espiritu en la cadena del Ser.
La influencia de Swedenborg es enorme: Balzac,
Baudelaire, Nerval, los simbolistas, Borges, Valéry o
Henri Corbin fueron algunos de sus más profundos
admiradores. Esta primera traducción al español se ha
realizado a partir de la edición definitiva de la Fundación
Swedenborg, publicada recientemente.
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The son of a Swedish Lutheran pastor, professor, and court chaplain, Emanuel Swedenborg first became a scientist and mining engineer. Of brilliant intellect and wide-ranging interests, he explored many areas of nature, doing pioneering work in several fields. In 1743 he began to experience a series of visions of the spiritual world. Over show more subsequent years he maintained that he held conversations with angels, the departed, and even God, and that he had visited heaven and hell. Swedenborg penned a lengthy series of writings inspired by these encounters, based on the concept of a spiritual cosmos as model for the physical, an educative view of the afterlife, and the allegorical interpretation of Scripture. In 1774 the small Church of the New Jerusalem was founded explicitly on the basis of his revelations. Swedenborg's influence has been much wider than its membership. His teachings entered American culture generally through the popularity of several of his books and his impact on Spiritualism and the New England Transcendentalists. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell: Drawn From Things Heard & Seen
Alternate titles
Heaven & Hell
Original publication date
1758
People/Characters
Emanuel Swedenborg
Important places
Stockholm, Sweden; London, England, UK; Heaven (Matthew 4:17, 6:19-21, 7:21, 18:3-4, Philippians 3:18-21); Hell
First words
In the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew, we find the Lord talking to his disciples about the close of the age, the last times of the church.

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Genres
Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Philosophy
DDC/MDS
236.24ReligionChristianityEschatologyAfter DeathHeaven
LCC
BX8712 .H5Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionChristian DenominationsChristian DenominationsProtestantismOther Protestant denominationsNew Jerusalem Church. New Church.
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