Our Life after Death A Firsthand Account from an 18th-Century Scientist and Seer

Author/creator Swedenborg, Emanuel Author
Other author Dole, George F. Translator
Other author Ring, Kenneth Introduction by
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWest Chester : Swedenborg Foundation, Incorporated Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description148 p. 08.500 x 05.500 in.
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Summary Annotation Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a Swedish nobleman and scientist who spent his life exploring the physical sciences, using his position on the Swedish board of mines to introduce technical advances while also pursuing his own studies in anatomy, astronomy, and mathematics. Then, in his mid-fifties, his career was interrupted by a powerful spiritual awakening. He began to journey in spirit form to heaven and hell, conversing with angels, devils, and spirits of the departed. What he learned was so compelling that he risked his reputation to contradict church doctrine and publish what he had seen. Swedenborg describes in detail the process of passing from our physical plane to the spiritual world. He tells us that death is no more than a step from one state of being into another, and that our lives continue in that otherworld. In this book, excerpted from his classic volume Heaven and Hell, Swedenborg vividly recounts the moments during and immediately after death, and the stages we pass through to find our final home in a vast spiritual realm. An introduction by near-death-experience researcher Kenneth Ring describes how Sweden-borg's accounts match the testimony of modern near-death experiencers-and then go far beyond. Book jacket.
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ISBN9780877854272
ISBN0877854270 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780877854272
Stock number00025600

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