Emanuel swedenborg

Jozef Laurent Dyckmans - "The Blind Beggar" 1851, oil on mahogany wood, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.

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Number 9, 2011 This 1817 painting of Emanuel Swedenborg by noted Swedish portrait artist Carl Fredrik von Breda (1759–1818) was “rescued” from storage in 2003, cleaned by a conservator, and examined by an art historian. What was discovered in the process surprised everyone involved. (See below.) Th

"People think that God loves reverence, worship, and praise for his own sake. In fact, he loves them for our sake, because they bring us into a state where something divine can flow in and be felt." --Emanuel Swedenborg

Swedenborg Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a Swedish philosopher and scientist who, at 56, had a spiritual awakening and wrote numerous books on his theological views and related topics. He advocated a version of Christianity where works count as much as faith, with the trinity existing in Jesus, instead of three separate entities. Swedenborg derived […]

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Author Gary Lachman has just released a new book on the life and times of Aleister Crowley. He graciously allowed me to ask him a few questions about Crowley and his other works. Also included is a review of Lachman's "Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World."