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Emanuel Swedenborg
1688–1772
A brilliant Swedish thinker who moved from science and engineering into visionary religious writing, he became one of the eighteenth century’s most unusual and influential voices. Best known today for his vivid accounts of the spiritual world, his work left a lasting mark on theology, philosophy, and later literature.
7 Audiobooks
Heaven and its Wonders and Hell
by Emanuel Swedenborg
Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There
by Emanuel Swedenborg
Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom
by Emanuel Swedenborg
The Gist of Swedenborg
by Emanuel Swedenborg
Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence
by Emanuel Swedenborg
Spiritual Life and the Word of God
by Emanuel Swedenborg
About the author
Born in Stockholm in 1688, Emanuel Swedenborg began his career as a remarkably wide-ranging scholar. He studied science and mathematics, worked as an engineer and inventor, and built a reputation as a serious investigator of the natural world before turning more fully toward theology and spiritual questions.
In midlife, his writing changed direction. After profound religious experiences, he devoted himself to interpreting the Bible and describing what he believed he had seen in the world of spirits and angels. Among his best-known works is Heaven and Hell (1758), and his many books helped shape the religious movement later known as Swedenborgianism.
Swedenborg died in London in 1772, but his influence continued long after his lifetime. Readers have been drawn to him for centuries because he combined the mind of a scientist with the imagination of a mystic, making his work feel both disciplined and daring.