Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg; born Emanuel Swedberg on 29 January 1688; died 29 March 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and mystic. He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 January 1688
CountrySweden
charity transactions
Charity is to will and do what is just and right in every transaction.
character mirrors infinity
No one's character is completely like another'sthis infinite variety is like a mirror in which we can see the infinity of God the Creator.
angel men sometimes
I have seen a thousand times that Angels are human form, or men, for I have conversed with them as man to man, sometimes with one alone, sometimes with many in company.
heaven flow lord
This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love
spiritual angel lord
There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord, and others that receive it less interiorly; the former are called celestial angels, and the latter spiritual angels
love-is heaven reason
The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness
angel men done
Man was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them
spiritual mean men
To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means
feelings way spirit
We all have spirits present with us who are feeling the way we are.
inspire benefits his-love
God loves every one of us but cannot directly benefit us; he can benefit us only indirectly through each other. For this reason he inspires us with his love
philosophy blindness delusion
The more one is absorbed in so-called philosophy, the greater one's delusion and blindness.
truth character men
It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to affirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence.
love-is men he-man
Such as the love is, such is the wisdom, consequently such is the man (n. 368) (Divine Love and Wisdom, 1763)
real heaven world
This I can declare: things that are in heaven are more real than things that are in the world.