SWEDENBORG STUDIES

Title: SWEDENBORG AND HIS READERS

Author: John Chadwick

Editor: Stephen McNeilly

Internationally renowned in the field of Philology—having deciphered (along with Michael Ventris) an ancient Mycean dialect known as Linear B—Dr Chadwick turns his attention to Swedenborg and the art of. . .

Title: IN SEARCH OF THE ABSOLUTE: essays on Swedenborg and Literature

Author: Emanuel Swedenborg

Editor: Stephen McNeilly

Following the success of On The True Philosopher, In Search of the Absolute explores Swedenborg’s profound impact on modern literature. Beginning with an essay on Coleridge, Tulk and Swedenborg, the. . .

Title: THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS: essays on Swedenborg and Mysticism

Editor: Stephen McNeilly

Somewhat surprisingly, given the length and detail of his visionary accounts, the question of Swedenborg’s place within the mystical tradition has yet to be fully explored. R W Emerson, in. . .

Title: BETWEEN METHOD AND MADNESS: essays on Swedenborg and Literature

Author: Emanuel Swedenborg

Editor: Stephen McNeilly

Swedenborg’s influence throughout Western literature is both pervasive and multilateral. This volume of essays reflects the myriad ways in which artists have found the Swedenborgian universe compatible with their own. . .

Title: ON THE TRUE PHILOSOPHER AND THE TRUE PHILOSOPHY: essays on Swedenborg

Author: Emanuel Swedenborg

Editor: Stephen McNeilly

With the possible exception of the periodical The New Philosophy, few attempts have been made to integrate the work of Swedenborg into the history of ideas. Monographs have been written but little has been. . .

Title: CARL BERNHARD WADSTRÖM: In Search of the New Jerusalem

Author: P L Johnson

Foreword: Anders Hallengren

Carl Bernhard Wadström: In Search of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborg Society Transaction no. 9), reproduces P L Johnson’s 2009 lecture exploring Swedenborg’s influence on the European anti-slavery movement and, in. . .

Title: THE FEELING OF WHAT HAPPENS / SMILE OR DIE

Author: David Lister

The Feeling of What Happens focuses upon one of Swedenborg’s remarkable visions of 250 years ago, which foresaw, with amazing accuracy, the parts of the brain responsible for the emotions. Smile. . .

Title: THE GARMENT OF LOVE: Charity is the Bond of Perfection

Author: Anders Hallengren

A talk by the Society’s President on Swedenborg’s philosophy of love, originally given at the Swedenborg Birthday Meeting 2012. The most important part of Swedenborg’s philosophy has never been termed. . .