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This commemorative volume on the life and influence of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) includes a pictoral biography and essays on topics ranging from Swedenborg in the arts and psychology to examinations of his science and descriptions of the places he lived and worked. This is the most comprehensive book about Emanuel Swedenborg in print.
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This commemorative volume on Swedish scientist-turned-seer Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) is the most comprehensive source of information about Swedenborg in print. In addition to an extensive pictoral biography of Swedenborg, the volume includes fifty essays on his influence on Western culture.Highlights include essays about Swedenborg and William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and William Butler Yeats; an examination of Swedenborg's descriptions of near-death experiences; Swedenborg's influence on the development of homeopathy; and essays delving into the world Swedenborg lived in and the details of his religious thought.
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