Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman was born on this day in 1774 in Leominster, Massachusetts. He is best known as the gentle man who traveled west through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, planting apple trees and sharing Swedenborg’s writings as “good news, right fresh from heaven” as he went. But who was the man behind the myth? Did he really wear a cooking pot on his head? Read more
The Swedenborg Foundation is pleased to announce the recent hire of Lisa Lapp as its new editor. She brings to this position an extensive background as a communications specialist and editor as well as experience with print and digital media. Read more
Architect Daniel Burnham (1846–1912) was the director of works for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) in 1893. The exposition was also home to the first World’s Parliament of Religions, an interfaith congress that was organized by another Swedenborgian, Charles Carroll Bonney (1831–1903). Read more
In 2000, the Swedenborg Foundation planted two seedlings grafted from the last authenticated apple tree planted by Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman. In 2006 they bore their first fruit. Here is their progress in 2013! Read more