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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.
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 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 ...
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.
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.
A spell for going out into the day and living after death. [5] 3. Another like it. [5] 4. Spell for passing on the upper road of Rosetjau. [5] Rosetjau is the "name of the Necropolis of Giza or Memphis, later extended to the Other World in general." [6] 5. Spell for not doing work in the realm of the dead. 6. A shabti spell.
In one case, a Book of the Dead was written on second-hand papyrus. [54] Most owners of the Book of the Dead were evidently part of the social elite; they were initially reserved for the royal family, but later papyri are found in the tombs of scribes, priests and officials. Most owners were men, and generally the vignettes included the owner's ...