Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg {{Audio|sv-Emanuel_Swedenborg.ogg|listen}} (born Swedberg) (January 29, 1688–March 29, 1772), Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic, was born in Stockholm, the third son of the renowned but controversial bishop, Jesper Swedberg. Emanuel had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. Then at age fifty-six he claimed that he entered into a new spiritual phase of his life, experiencing first dreams, and later visions of a spiritual world where he talked with angels and spirits, many of them from the Bible, such as Moses and Jesus. Amongst other things, he said these spirits guided his interpretation of the Scriptures.

Philisophical and religious influence

Notable persons influenced by Swedenborg include Johnny Appleseed, Honoré de Balzac, Henry Ward Beecher, William Blake, Elizabeth and Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, S. T. Coleridge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Inness, Henry James Sr., C.G. Jung, Helen Keller, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, and Coventry Patmore.

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Johnny Appleseed - Honoré de Balzac - Henry Ward Beecher - William Blake - Elizabeth - Robert Browning - Thomas Carlyle - S. T. Coleridge - Ralph Waldo Emerson - George Inness - Henry James Sr. - C.G. Jung - Helen Keller - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Coventry Patmore

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