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Portrait of Swedenborg by Carl Frederik von Breda. Heaven and Hell is the common English title of a book written by Emanuel Swedenborg in Latin, published in 1758.The full title is Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen, or, in Latin: De Caelo et Eius Mirabilibus et de inferno, ex Auditis et Visis.
The Arcana Cœlestia, quae in Scriptura Sacra seu Verbo Domini sunt, detecta, usually abbreviated as Arcana Cœlestia (Heavenly Mysteries or Secrets of Heaven) or under its Latin variant, Arcana Cælestia, [1] is an 8-volume theological work published by Emanuel Swedenborg in the 1750s.
Emanuel Swedenborg (/ ˈ s w iː d ən b ɔːr ɡ /, [2] Swedish: [ˈsvêːdɛnˌbɔrj] ⓘ; born Emanuel Swedberg; (29 January 1688 – 29 March 1772) [3] was a Swedish polymath; scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mystic. [4] He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell ...
Heaven and Hell (Swedenborg book), a 1758 book by Emanuel Swedenborg; Heaven and Hell (Kardec book), an 1865 book by Allan Kardec; Heaven and Hell, a 1956 book by Aldous Huxley, sequel to The Doors of Perception; Heaven and Hell (Jakes novel), a 1987 novel by John Jakes in the North and South trilogy; Heaven and Hell, a 1981 play by Dusty Hughes
Swedenborg's 12-volume Arcana Coelestia provides verse-by-verse details of the inner meaning of Genesis and part of Exodus; the work Apocalypse Revealed [8] does the same for the Book of Revelation. The Arcana Coelestia , for example, explains how the creation and development of the human mind corresponds to the seven days of creation in Genesis.
Heaven and Hell (Swedenborg book) S. Swedenborg 1714 Flying Machine This page was last edited on 2 December 2015, at 06:11 (UTC). Text ...
The most notable exception is Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) who published some 30 mystical 30 works, such as Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen (1758). Swedenborg almost exclusively wrote in Latin, but his work did have a significant influence on others for centuries to come. [2] [3]
Swedenborg's clerical supporters were ordered to stop using his teachings, and customs officials were directed to impound his books and stop their circulation in any district unless the nearest consistory granted permission. Swedenborg begged the king for grace and protection in a letter from Amsterdam; a new investigation of him stalled, and ...