Emmanuel Swedenborg
Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)
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Emanuel Swedenborg was an 18th-century Swedish scientist and theologian who made contributions to both fields during his lifetime. His ideas about the spiritual world and religious doctrine influenced various Christian movements and continue to be studied by scholars and believers today.
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- Born
- 1688-01-29
- Died
- 1772-03-29
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Arcana Coelestia, The Heavenly Arcana
- Abrégé des Ouvrages d'emmanuel Swédenborg
- Des Terres Dans Notre Monde Solaire, Qui Sont Appelées Planètes, et des Terres Dans le Ciel Astral
- apocalypse Expliquée Selon le Sens Spirituel où Sont Révelés les Arcanes Qui y Sont Prédits, et Qui Jusqu'a Présent Ont Été Profondément Cachés, Volume 1...
- Heaven and Hell
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5 total works indexed
Works in European collections
21 objects attributed to Emmanuel Swedenborg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Emanuel Swedenborg (/ˈswiːdənbɔːrɡ/; Swedish: [ɛˈmɑ̂ːnʉɛl ˈsvêːdɛnˌbɔrj] ; born Emanuel Swedberg; 29 January 1688 – 29 March 1772) was a Swedish polymath; a scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).
Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. In 1741, at 53, he entered into a spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions, notably on Easter Weekend, on 6 April 1744. 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. According to The Heavenly Doctrine, the Lord had opened Swedenborg's spiritual eyes so that from then on, he could freely visit heaven and hell to converse with angels, demons, and other spirits and that the Last Judgment had already occurred in 1757, the year before the 1758 publication of De Nova Hierosolyma et ejus doctrina coelesti (English: Concerning the New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine).
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