Curtis Childs: Was Emanuel Swedenborg Crazy?

So we've been talking about Emanuel Swedenborg and his accounts of the material and spiritual worlds for a full year now, but there may be some people wondering how his claims to have visited the afterlife could possibly be true. When this 18th-century Swedish Renaissance man wrote and published volumes of firsthand accounts of heaven and hell, evil spirits, and heavenly angels, did he really see all of those things? Was it all in his head? In this special anniversary episode, host Curtis Childs from the Swedenborg Foundation utilizes the help of an esteemed psychologist and theological scholars to explore Swedenborg and the historical and anecdotal evidence of his sanity and character.

Discussion points:

-- Who is Swedenborg?
-- Was Swedenborg Insane?
-- Evidence of Swedenborg’s Sanity
-- Nature of Swedenborg’s Writings
-- What it All Means

Special thanks to our featured guests: Dr. Soni Werner, Associate Professor of Psychology, Bryn Athyn College; Dr. Jonathan S. Rose, Series Editor of the New Century Edition Works of Emanuel Swedenborg; Dr. Jim Lawrence, Professor of Spirituality and History, Pacific School of Religion and Graduate Theological Union

Original YouTube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ZP30NFYf8

Jonathan Rose: Who Was Emanuel Swedenborg?
https://rumble.com/v12ky7u-jonathan-rose-who-was-emanuel-swedenborg.html

The Swedenborg Foundation:
https://swedenborg.com/

Download free e-books and PDFs of Swedenborg's books at the following links:

Heaven and Hell:
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Divine Love and Wisdom:
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Divine Providence:
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True Christianity:
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Secrets of Heaven:
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Quotes About Emanuel Swedenborg

“The most remarkable step in the religious history of recent ages is that made by the genius of Swedenborg.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I admire Swedenborg as a great scientist and a great mystic at the same time. His life and work have always been of great interest to me.”

— Carl Jung, Psychologist

“For you Westerners, it is Swedenborg who is your Buddha, it is he who should be read and followed!”

— D. T. Suzuki, Zen Buddhist Scholar

“The correlations between what Swedenborg writes of some of his spiritual experiences and what those who have come back from close calls with death report is amazing.”

— Raymond Moody, author of Life After Life

“People who have had near-death experiences peek through the door of the after-life, but Swedenborg explored the whole house.”

— Kenneth Ring, NDE Researcher and co-founder of International Association for Near Death Studies, Inc. (IANDS)

“Let me explain why Swedenborg merits scrutiny. It is a fact that the greatest poets and prose writers have borrowed liberally from him. The list is long: first Blake, as his direct spiritual descendant; then Goethe, a fervent reader of Swedenborg (as was Kant followed by Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire, Balzac, Mickiewicz, Slowacki, Emerson, Dostoevsky….)”

— Czeslaw Milosz, 1980 Nobel Prize, Literature

“Swedenborg’s message has meant so much to me! It has given color and reality and unity to my thought of the life to come; it has exalted my ideas of love, truth, and usefulness; it has been my strongest incitement to overcome limitations.”

— Helen Keller

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All About Emanuel Swedenborg
http://the-formula.org/all-about-emanuel-swedenborg/

Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes
https://the-formula.org/emanuel-swedenborg-quotes/

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The Formula For Creating Heaven On Earth
https://theformulaforcreatingheavenonearth.com

The Wisdom Of Near-Death Experiences On Twitter
https://twitter.com/nhneneardeath

The Wisdom Of Near-Death Experiences On Telegram
https://t.me/sunfellownde

Outstanding Near-Death Experiences On GETTR
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Outstanding Near-Death Experiences
https://rumble.com/c/sunfellownde

Outstanding Near-Death Experience Resources
https://rumble.com/c/sunfellowndemisc

The Purpose Of Life As Revealed By Near-Death Experiences From Around The World (Book)
https://thepurposeoflife-nde.com/
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1797012037/nhne-20

500 Quotes From Heaven: Life-Changing Quotes That Reveal The Wisdom & Power Of Near-Death Experiences (Book)
https://quotesfromheaven.com/
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B08H5C9Z6Z/nhne-20

NDE Stories
http://ndestories.org/

Encounters With Jesus
https://encounters-with-jesus.org/

Encounters With Jesus On Rumble
https://rumble.com/c/sunfellowjesus

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Near-Death Experiences From Around The World
https://the-formula.org/nde-accounts/

Historical & Cross-Cultural Near-Death Experiences
https://the-formula.org/historical-cross-cultural-near-death-experiences/

What Near-Death Experiences Teach Us
http://the-formula.org/resources/what-near-death-experiences-teach-us/