Scribe of Heaven: Swedenborg's Life, Work, and Impact

by Jonathan S. Rose, Mary Lou Bertucci, Stuart Shotwell, et al.

The essays in this volume testify to the far-reaching effects of Emanuel Swedenborg's works in Western culture. From his early days as an ambitious young scientist in the ferment of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment Europe, through his mid-life entrance into an ongoing experience of the spiritual world, to his last decades as a researcher of things spiritual, Swedenborg built a career that left a unique legacy. His vivid descriptions of the nonphysical realm made a powerful impression on minds as diverse as Goethe, Blake, Emerson, Yeats, and Borges.

This book serves as a self-contained resource on Swedenborg's life and thought and as a gateway into further exploration of the labyrinthine garden of Swedenborg's works. It includes a biography, rich in fascinating detail; lively overviews of the content and history of Swedenborg's writings on spiritual topics; and essays tracing Swedenborg's impact in various regions of the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877854742
• ISBN13: 9780877854746
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: New Century Edition
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.8"