HEAVEN AND HELL
Emanuel Swedenborg, Translated from Latin by George F. Dole
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Swedenborg Foundation, 2000
535pp
ISBN 0-87785-476-9
RRP $US15, £15.
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“This new translation of Emanuel Swedenborg’s most popular work paints a detailed picture of life in the spiritual realm. Swedenborg, a Swedish Enlightenment Scientist of extraordinary accomplishment, underwent a spiritual crisis that led to an unparralleled series of paranormal experiences. He spent his last 27 years in almost daily experience of heaven and hell, recording his observations and conversations, many of which are reported in Heaven and Hell. This sustained and detailed description of the nonphysical realms has left its impress on the minds of many great thinkers including Geothe, Blake, Colleridge, Emerson, Borges, and Milosz. George Dole’s translation removes the barriers to understanding imposed by the ponderous translations of the past. It retains the dignity, variety, clarity and gender-inclusive language of the original Latin, bringing Swedenborg’s thought to life.”
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