Emanuel Swedenborg was a physicist; in 1716 King Charles XII of Sweden appointed him assessor-extraordinary to the Royal Board of Mines. He was also perhaps the most versatile genius-of-all-trades ...

Japanese philosopher D.T. Suzuki once called Swedenborg the "Buddha of the North." The 18th-century Swedish mystic's visionary writings also deeply influenced Emerson, Blake, Strindberg and Helen ...

Why Swedenborg -- Stockholm shocked -- Parent extraordinary -- Undergraduate at Upsala -- Discovery of England -- Engineer and mining expert -- Physicist and physiologist -- Dissecting rooms abroad -- ...

c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King Jr. and even Helen Keller all found something to like in Emanuel Swedenborg. Emanuel who? A new ...

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Swedenborg Foundation Press, publisher of the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg in the U.S. for more than 150 years, is showcasing its newest titles. Despite publishing only 10 books a year, the ...

Chances are you've never heard of Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish scientist whose spiritual experiences brought him to renounce science and to write his interpretations of the Bible. Swedenborg, who was ...

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TO-DAY world-wide celebrations are being held to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great Swedish man of science and theologian, Emmanuel Swedenborg, who was born in Stockholm on ...

I was delighted to read comments about Near Death Experience (NDE) in the Standard Examiner’s May 15 Faith section by Doug Gibson, and again in the Standard-Examiner’s letter to the editor from Vera ...