Scholars on Swedenborg

A lesson as old as the sun: tragedy shapes a portal to transformation.

From harlot to seer to first nun to modern feminist, history’s characterization of Mary Magdalene still may not be quite right. Swedenborg is here to help with a more inner and spiritual view.

Swedenborg’s metaphysics helps provide a spiritual understanding of substance and form as they relate to quantum physics.

The similarities between the way desire affects the human mind and the way energy affects the physical world might give us important insights into quantum mechanics.

For the last hundred years, physicists have been using the quantum theory about the universe, but they still do not properly understand of what the quantum world is made.

By speaking truth to power, the legendary nineteenth-century author and political activist assisted a surprising outcome.

There’s a spirituality to developing effective ways of transforming difficult relationships.

During the height of the human potential movement, prominent “third wave” psychologist Wilson Van Dusen visited Swedenborgian spirituality and spun an essay on usefulness that became a runaway success.

Roots for the renowned American work ethic and sense of practicality that have flowered in both American Pragmatism and the nation’s passion for Zen can be traced convincingly to Swedenborg’s philosophy of usefulness.

In order to create a more complete picture of Swedenborg’s relationship to kabbalah, a comparison of these two great traditions must be complemented by historical evidence of his intimacy with the Jewish esoteric teaching; and scholars have done so by taking into consideration the prevalence of kabbalistic thought during Swedenborg’s time, citing his connection with its proponents both at home and in the European intellectual community at large.