My Religion

By Helen Keller and Keller. Helen

Book Overview

"My Religion" is a deeply personal and soul-stirring account of the spiritual life of Helen Keller, one of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century. In this evocative work, Keller details how she found profound meaning and hope through the teachings of the Swedish scientist and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. Despite being blind and deaf from a young age, Keller describes a rich inner world illuminated by faith, challenging the conventional boundaries of sensory experience.

The book explores themes of divine love, the nature of the afterlife, and the interconnectedness of all things. Keller's narrative is not merely a testimony of religious conversion but a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. She articulates a vision of a world where spiritual sight transcends physical limitations, offering readers a unique perspective on the power of belief to transform personal struggle into universal light. "My Religion" remains an essential text for those interested in the intersection of disability, spirituality, and the enduring quest for truth. Through her clear and poetic prose, Keller invites readers to look beyond the material world and discover the eternal realities that govern the soul.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1025491203
• ISBN13: 9781025491202
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An other kind of light

I enjoyed reading on the religious perspective of Helen Keller. If you are even mildly interested in spiritual matters, you should read this book.

Light In My Darkness

This is the best book I have come across to help open the door to a whole new 'World'. My husband of 30+ years recently passed on, or had his 're-birthday' into Heaven. Helen Keller introduces one to the enlightened writing, thinking, and spiritual experiences in the Spiritual Realms of a highly respected Swedish Scientist and Prophet or Intuitive, Emanuel Swedenborg 1688-1772. I especially appreciated how reading of his spiritual experiences helped Helen Keller. How they became for her, "Light In My Darkness". For me this book, and "Awaken From Death" Swedenborgs description of what happens to the Soul at the time of the transformation we call death, was and is a deep help and comfort. I also found www.swedenborg.com, then click on the Swedenborg Channel, a help in the healing of fear, grief, and opening to a whole new world of wonder, hope, love, wisdom, comfort, and Spiritual Reality.

Beautiful book. Helen Keller was truly a very special person.

Beautiful book. Re-edited from her own original work, "My Religion", and made more coherent. Helen goes into some detail about what makes Swedenborg's Christian doctrine such a beautiful Christian religion for her, and how it gave her the inspiration to live a life in dignity and inspiration to others (!) and to overcome or deal with her handicaps for almost 80 years. It has a few funny moments, such as her description of nature walks with an elderly friend. With her uncertain speech and his elderly hearing, he would have to ask her to repeat herself, but to do this he'd spell a question in her hand. With his advancing arthritis, his shaking hands letters could be difficult for her to decipher. She is an amazing writer, inspite of total lack of sound or sight to experience those senses. Despite total blindness and deafness, she writes with vibrant color and imagery.

Beautiful!

I really enjoyed reading this book. It made me look again at what I believe and see it more clearly. This is a great introduction to the ideas of Emanual Swedenborg and the New Church.

Wonderfully informative, inspiring reading.

The newly revised and updated second edition of Helen Keller's autobiography originally published in 1927 includes a substantial foreword by Keller biographer Dorothy Herrmann. The deaf, dumb and blind Helen Keller (1880-1968) became an internationally known spokesperson for the blind. Her amazing story of being taught to communicate by Annie Sullivan is very well know. But what is not so well known Keller's faith in the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg whose spiritual vision gave her "the light in my darkness, the voice in my silence". Light In My Darkness is wonderfully informative and inspiring reading and this splendid edition will re-introduce a most remarkable woman to a whole new generation of readers.