Emanuel Swedenborg became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell.At 53, he entered into a spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions. His experiences culminated in a "spiritual awakening" in which he received a revelation that Jesus Christ had appointed him to write The Heavenly Doctrine to reform Christianity.The New Church, a new religious movement originally founded in 1787 and comprising several historically-related Christian den...

A visionary masterpiece of Christian mysticism and theology.First published in 1758 under the Latin title De Caelo et Eius Mirabilibus et de Inferno, ex Auditis et Visis, this enduring work presents a profound and detailed account of the spiritual world. Drawing on his claimed visionary experiences, Emanuel Swedenborg describes the nature of heaven and hell, the condition of the soul after death, and the roles of angels, spirits, and devils in the divine o...

This work, originally published in 1763, treats of the operation of Divine love and Divine wisdom in the creation of the universe, including man as the chief end of creation. It explains the trinal distinction that exists in all created things, from the trinity in God, and shows how this is manifested in man, who is the image of the Divine. It unfolds the doctrine of Degrees, and explains the three discrete degrees of the human mind, showing how these are opened, and what is effected there...

Swedenborg here unfolds the laws governing the spiritual world; describes the condition of good and evil spirits; and exhibits the general arrangement and surroundings of the inhabitants of heaven and hell. He treats of the form of heaven, in general and in particular; of its immensity, and of the innumerable societies of which it is composed; of the correspondence between the things of heaven and those of earth; of the sun of heaven, and of the light and heat proceeding therefrom; of repr...