The Thoughts and Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg
Subject Areas : Christianityحبیب Bashirpour 1 , Shahram Pazouki 2
1 - دانشآموخته دکتری ادیان و عرفان تطبیقی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران
2 - Religions and Mysticism
Keywords: Swedenborg, the secrets of heaven, love and wisdom, the spiritual world,
Abstract :
Emanuel Swedenborg was strongly influenced by the intellectual debates of 18th century. The great problem of that time was the dichotomy between science and religion. He started his career as a scientist, but after a mystical experience he ended with the path of religion and spirituality. However, he did not give up the path of science and tried to make a compromise between religion and science. Swedenborg had some strange experiences which he tried to express them logically. As a Protestant mystic, Swedenborg's thoughts is somehow a reminiscent of Jacob Boehme's ideas. His mysticism is mainly based on the Biblical teachings.
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