Christian theosophy and visionary mysticism

Heaven and its Wonders and Hell: From Things Heard and Seen

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Swedenborg's most famous and influential work, providing a detailed, first-hand account of the afterlife based on his reported visions. He describes the structure of heaven and hell, the lives of angels and spirits, and the 'Law of Correspondences' that links the spiritual and natural worlds. He argues that one's state in the afterlife is a direct continuation of one's internal character and love, rather than the result of a sudden judicial sentence.

Also known asSwedenborg's Afterlife · Visions of the Afterlife
This edition1900
EditionSwedenborg Society, London (Standard Library Edition)
meditationMystical experienceDreams and VisionsComparative Religioncontemplative meditationChristian Mysticismmystical unionSwedenborgianism (New Church)

Contents11 chapters

  1. 01Preface by the Translator
  2. 02I. The Lord is the God of Heaven
  3. 03II. The Lord's Divine in Heaven
  4. 04III. Heaven and the Divine Humanity
  5. 05IV. Relation of Heaven to the Human Form
  6. 06V. Each Society in Heaven
  7. 07VI. All Heaven as One Man
  8. 08VII. Each Society is a Heaven in Smaller Form
  9. 09VIII. The Whole Heaven as One
  10. 10Of the World of Spirits
  11. 11Of Hell

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