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The Swedenborg Foundation is your connection to spiritual resources―including books, webcasts, and social media communities―based on Emanuel Swedenborg’s explorations of the afterlife
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We offer all of Swedenborg’s theological writings online. Wondering where to start? Get some pointers in “Who Was Swedenborg? What Should I Read?” or jump straight into the free downloads
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Our weekly webcast, Swedenborg & Life, explores a great range of spiritual topics from Swedenborg’s writings. Read a recap of last week’s episode, “What Does it Mean to Be Born of Water and Spirit?”
Scholars on Swedenborg
August 1, 2019
The American Yen for Zen Began with Swedenborg . . . Sort of
What’s the story behind a Swedenborgian minister changing his name from Herman Vetterling to Philangi Dàsa, founding and editing the first Buddhist periodical in America, and publishing a fat book called Swedenborg the Buddhist? It’s complicated. Read more
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SwedenJam Live!
SwedenJam Live 2019 is a unique musical experience: a group of musicians inspired by Swedenborg’s message of love for everyone and brought together by the Swedenborg Foundation’s offTheLeftEye YouTube channel. Come on out and share music, food, and good company with Swedenborg fans from around the region. Learn more and register for SwedenJam
Spirituality in Practice
When Hell Comes to Earth
You don’t have to travel to the spiritual world to find people who embody the nature of hell. Read more
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More SF News >August 15, 2019
Swedenborg Foundation Releases New Book Title The Moment Is Now: Carl Bernhard Wadström’s Revolutionary Voice on Human Trafficking and the Abolition of the African Slave Trade
In this twenty-second installment in the Swedenborg Studies scholarly series, former Harvard history fellow Anders Hallengren leads a multidisciplinary effort with other leading international scholars to demonstrate the influence that abolitionist and author Carl Bernhard Wadström (1746–99) and the leading reformers of his time have had over the years on issues concerning the slave trade, oppression, and racism. The Moment Is Now includes the proceedings of The International Carl Bernhard Wadström Conference on Human Rights and the Abolition of Slavery, which was held in London on June 2–4, 2015. Read more
August 2, 2019
New Arrival from the Swedenborg Society of London: Medicine, Mysticism and Mythology
We’re excited to now offer Medicine, Mysticism and Mythology: Garth Wilkinson, Swedenborg and Nineteenth-Century Esoteric Culture from the UK-based Swedenborg Society in our online bookstore! Read more
July 18, 2019
Thanks to Everyone Who Came to Our Los Angeles Event!
We had a crowd of more than fifty wonderful people come out for An Afternoon with OffTheLeftEye at the Wayfarers Chapel, just outside Los Angeles, on July 14, 2019. Read more
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