tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post5685188094741645864..comments2024-03-11T07:53:25.838-04:00Comments on Spirituality, Dreams and Prophecy: The complete works of Emanuel Swedenborg - on your tablet or smartphone!Doug Webberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-37572897796584670582018-11-11T15:29:21.076-05:002018-11-11T15:29:21.076-05:00The revelations do indeed reveal a lot which is un...The revelations do indeed reveal a lot which is unknown to the Christian church in general. I agree, it opens up the internal sense of scripture, which shows how to make every passage applicable to one's life.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-22616703463195862832018-11-11T05:46:41.472-05:002018-11-11T05:46:41.472-05:00I am a Bible believer... Emanuel Swedenborg more t...I am a Bible believer... Emanuel Swedenborg more than inspires me to make it my very Life. Thanks to GOD Almighty for him. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15132044504834457741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-5093915425865410582015-06-23T11:13:18.647-04:002015-06-23T11:13:18.647-04:00Hello Sanmayce,
Only scripture itself is Divinely ...Hello Sanmayce,<br />Only scripture itself is Divinely inspired, and the works of Emanuel Swedenborg simply reveal the hidden "key" where the spiritual sense of scripture hidden behind its literal sense is now open for everyone to see. Swedenborg's works is the only significant proof I have seen that shows how the Bible is Divinely inspired. The definition of "Divine inspiration" is that the text must contain within it a symbolic correspondence with the heavenly realities of love and truth. See <a href="http://dream-prophecy.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-books-are-divinely-inspired.html" rel="nofollow">What books of the Bible are Divinely inspired</a> for further discussion on this.<br /><br />By Divinely influenced I mean the teacher is under Divine guidance, to explain the doctrinal teachings of the Church. The letters of Paul fall under this category.<br /><br />Swedenborg was well aware of spirits that deceive, and he was not permitted to take any teaching or doctrine from them. He was led directly led from Jesus Christ:<br /><br />"That the Lord manifested Himself before me His servant, and sent me to this office, and that He afterward opened the sight of my spirit, and so has admitted me into the spiritual world, and has granted to me to see the heavens and the hells, also to converse with angels and spirits, and this now continuously for many years, I testify in truth; likewise, that from the first day of that call I have not received any thing which pertains to the doctrines of that church from any angel, but from the Lord alone while I read the Word." (True Christian Religion, n. 779)<br /><br />Swedenborg does speak of progressive revelation, and progressive revelation is a main part of the doctrines of the New Church.<br /><br />Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-84456721876059107492015-06-22T22:33:30.634-04:002015-06-22T22:33:30.634-04:00Hi Mr. Webber,
if possible send me a download link...Hi Mr. Webber,<br />if possible send me a download link to the complete works of Swedenborg, in case you decide to share it with me.<br /><br />Personally, I see don't see Swedenborg's writings neither as divinely "inspired" nor divinely "influenced".<br />Man, there are too many anonymous influences/inspirations that are said to be divine, this is so ... anonymous. As you know when something/someone is anonymous it/he can be both helpful&harmful, that's why when someone says it is the "WORD OF GOD" I say well, can't it be the "WORD OF DEVIL". Simply, the entity that "narrates" easily can be mischievous, pranky, devilish as well as brotherly concerned. It also can be a playful kid from out there (some other galaxy) amusing oneself. My point, taking someone's "revelations" as THE FINAL INSTANCE is simply foolish.<br /><br />Regards<br />sanmayce@sanmayce.comSanmaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841449393866504490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-8156305899736862952015-02-12T21:01:29.848-05:002015-02-12T21:01:29.848-05:00Just updated "The Divine Revelation of the Ne...Just updated "The Divine Revelation of the New Jerusalem: Expanded Edition" for minor formatting and some hyperlink fixes which has been published on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. These changes will be propagating to the other works of Swedenborg in the following days.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-75270004721750834662014-03-21T19:34:59.619-04:002014-03-21T19:34:59.619-04:00For those of you who have purchased these books on...For those of you who have purchased these books on Amazon and B&N, I have been periodically updating them when I find minor errata. Recently I found some references in Heavenly Arcana that were not hyperlinked, plus I have added new hyperlinks whenever Swedenborg references a preface to a chapter. In terms of content, I discovered that the translation sometimes had Elias or Elijah for the prophet Elijah. This has now been standardized as "Elijah" to make the search easier, as I found Swedenborg's statements on Elijah rather interesting.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-18584289319599312912013-05-11T15:47:57.885-04:002013-05-11T15:47:57.885-04:00Hi DWM - thanks for that suggestion, that actually...Hi DWM - thanks for that suggestion, that actually sounds like a good idea for those who don't have an e-reader. I will have to investigate that. Those Bible readers probably each have their own custom format, and I would have to create another version to do each one. Keeping the Kindle, Nook, and Apple ITunes in sync has been taking time.<br /><br />For the writings of Swedenborg, I have been planning another surprise...but it may be a good idea to look at this as well. Thanks!Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-16636896968826883542013-05-11T09:55:09.098-04:002013-05-11T09:55:09.098-04:00Dear Doug - I too would like to thank you for the ...Dear Doug - I too would like to thank you for the wonderful work you have done in providing these works complete with hyperlinks. Another potential area that could be of great use is having the work formatted as a module for theword bible software program http://theword.net The program itself is freeware but modules can be offered as locked for purchase. Modules can be formatted to integrate with the Biblical text - the software itself can id verse references. I don't have the skills (regex??) to do this efficiently or to even know how much work would be involved. Anyway take a quick look at their site. I'd be interested in hearing your take on what's possible.<br /><br />all the very best with your work<br /><br />David DWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856633779676407254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-24291224234526171202013-03-23T20:33:47.526-04:002013-03-23T20:33:47.526-04:00For those of you who left comments on the Amazon b...For those of you who left comments on the Amazon bookstore - thanks! I think that will help getting the word out concerning this revelation. Just to let you know, not sure when each person purchased each book, but periodically I have uploaded some minor errata fixes which I noted as I was using this edition to for writing on this blog. I have asked Amazon to notify all customers, but it is going to take them at least 4 weeks to send out a customer notification so that you can re-download it. They are all minor, so if you see something like a period between words and you don't like it, its been fixed.<br /><br />Also, the works are up on Barnes & Noble again, and the works are soon coming on Kobo, another e-reader platform.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-68460425934793347752013-03-13T20:54:09.945-04:002013-03-13T20:54:09.945-04:00Hi Leslie - if you are into Apocalypse Revealed, t...Hi Leslie - if you are into Apocalypse Revealed, the book "Apocalypse Revealed and Explained" hyperlinks the two works together for easy comparison. This is also available in "The Divine Revelation of the New Jerusalem: Expanded Edition." It is nice to encounter others who enjoy reading Swedenborg. I make use of the search functionality and hyperlinking for entries on this blog.<br /><br />If you have diagrams you wish to share, or other items you would like to discuss, just click on my Google profile; messages go to my gmail account.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-19361744851330009152013-03-12T20:34:22.043-04:002013-03-12T20:34:22.043-04:00Wonderful contribution to Swedenborg and Bible Stu...Wonderful contribution to Swedenborg and Bible Students.<br />I have been studying the seemingly unending works of E.M. for years. <br />I wrote this little book from what I have learned from E.M. <br />http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055V3E4I<br />I am now crawling through A.R. a second time, following all the rabbit trails it leads to. I try to balance E.M with revelation from the WORD. I would like to share some diagrams I have written if you would like to see them? <br />I plan on purchasing your work soon, as I have collected them all on pdf but this sounds like a life saver!<br />Regards, Leslie Oregon, USAkalamophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695571895507547604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-45553004616502615062012-12-11T13:52:35.372-05:002012-12-11T13:52:35.372-05:00Hello Timur - just to let you know, the entire wor...Hello Timur - just to let you know, the entire work of Apocalypse Explained (6 volumes) is now published. See this blog:<br /><br />http://dream-prophecy.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-spiritual-meaning-of-apocalypse-or.html<br /><br />That took forever. Time to take a break.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-62824118819089107062012-11-10T14:54:56.353-05:002012-11-10T14:54:56.353-05:00Thanks Timur - the works of Swedenborg are definit...Thanks Timur - the works of Swedenborg are definitely a Divine revelation...I just try to distinguish between the different modes of revelation. Even in the Word we have different styles: the composed history of Genesis 1-11, the historical, the prophetic, the Psalms...so maybe a doctrinal style? I will have to think about that.<br /><br />Swedenborg stated the reasons why man is not allowed to know the future - I am familiar with that passage and actually quote it in my work on Nostradamus. The nature of most prophecies is that they are not understood until after the event has taken place.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-5112791482047025152012-11-10T09:25:16.148-05:002012-11-10T09:25:16.148-05:00Hi.
I personally see that the Writings are the Wo...Hi.<br /><br />I personally see that the Writings are the Word of God.<br /><br />For example Swedenborg said that the Lord Told he to write "This Book is the Second Advent of the Lord" on the Brief Exposition. Since the Lord is the Word then his Second advent is also the Word. <br />: http://www.heavenlydoctrines.org/Writings%20English/Ecclesiastical%20History%20(Whitehead).htm<br /><br />Even in the Heaven and Hell we read<br /><br />"Such immediate revelation is granted at this day because this is what is meant by the Coming of the Lord."<br /><br /><br />Possibly a picture of a White horse galloping for the book cover ? <br /><br />Also was not Swedenborg against foretelling the future for it is bad for human spiritual state to know his or her future as it is written in DP ? <br />timur12345https://www.blogger.com/profile/14739904639411789736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-52219502263929060822012-11-09T13:20:27.951-05:002012-11-09T13:20:27.951-05:00Thanks Timur! I will take a look at them. I make a...Thanks Timur! I will take a look at them. I make a distinction between Divinely inspired scripture, and Divinely "influenced" writings. Swedenborg stated that the letters of Paul were Divinely influenced, but not inspired. Take a look at my other blog entry, "What books are Divinely Inspired?" at http://dream-prophecy.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-books-are-divinely-inspired.html. It involves my thoughts on the matter before I encountered Swedenborg.<br /><br />I am going through Apocalypse Explained, hyperlinking the footnotes for publication, it is getting tedious. Those articles provide a much needed break from that! If you (or anyone else reading this) have any good suggestions for a book cover, do let me know.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-33365069373191641512012-11-09T12:35:29.806-05:002012-11-09T12:35:29.806-05:00Sure Here are some books which explain how some pe...Sure Here are some books which explain how some people vie the New Church Books as the Word of God.<br /><br />http://newchurch.ru/index.php?page=255<br /><br />http://newchurch.ru/index.php?save=525<br /><br /><br />timur12345https://www.blogger.com/profile/14739904639411789736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-34932097699501056872012-10-31T22:59:30.914-04:002012-10-31T22:59:30.914-04:00Hello Timur - these are revealed doctrinal writing...Hello Timur - these are revealed doctrinal writings, they are not Divinely inspired as scripture is. I take "The Conference and Convention View". I am not exactly sure how some can view them as Divinely Inspired. Swedenborg does make mistakes, and by his own definition, these are doctrinal writings, similar to the letters of Paul. They do not have an internal series of correspondences. Maybe I will add a blog entry on this one.<br /><br />You can see some development of thought between Apocalypse Explained and Apocalypse Revealed...and in one case he had the correct view in Apocalypse Explained which he changed in Apocalypse Revealed.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-78577596715835073772012-10-30T02:04:04.560-04:002012-10-30T02:04:04.560-04:00Out of these three which position on the Writings ...Out of these three which position on the Writings do you take ? <br /><br />(three positions desrbied as fallows:<br /><br />http://www.newchurch.ru/index.php?save=575<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />timur12345https://www.blogger.com/profile/14739904639411789736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-17493516575463888562012-10-30T02:01:37.883-04:002012-10-30T02:01:37.883-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.timur12345https://www.blogger.com/profile/14739904639411789736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-47160620925072969052012-10-24T22:15:51.707-04:002012-10-24T22:15:51.707-04:00One update I forgot to mention: some of these book...One update I forgot to mention: some of these books can be found on Apple's iBookstore. They are Divine Revelation of the New Jerusalem, Heavenly Arcana, Doctrines of the New Jerusalem, Heaven and Hell, and True Christian Religion.<br /><br />As to why they are not all there on the iBookStore, well, it is a pain to publish there when you do not have a Mac.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-80527321604413785672012-10-06T18:53:43.438-04:002012-10-06T18:53:43.438-04:00Glad to hear you have found these works on Swedenb...Glad to hear you have found these works on Swedenborg. The work, <i>Interaction between the Soul and Body</i> can be found in <i>Angelic Wisdom concerning the One God</i> which also includes <i>Divine Love and Wisdom</i> and <i>Divine Providence</i>. <br /><br />As for the other works on Swedenborg, the one I was working on next was <i>Apocalypse Explained</i>, but that has been interrupted with my work on the prophecies of Nostradamus. I have published the first half, <i>The Decoded Prophecies of Nostradamus</i>, and in it you will find a prophecy of Nostradamus concerning Swedenborg, how his writings affected events during the French Revolution. It has been there in front of everyone, no one until now took notice. I was quite surprised to find it.<br /><br />As for the other small works, I did not get to them as (a) they were not published, they are drafts, and (b) they have various translators. For what I published I chose an edition that had a uniform translation throughout. But next, if I have time, will be <i>Apocalypse Explained</i>, but that requires much more work.<br /><br />I do hope more discover Swedenborg, I was just telling someone who belonged to a Oneness Pentecostal church about him. The teachings are similar.Doug Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071107950046910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030257666913290314.post-29549650447361073322012-10-02T16:57:25.898-04:002012-10-02T16:57:25.898-04:00This is great news !
You've done a great wor...This is great news ! <br /><br />You've done a great work! <br /><br />But can you also later on, give add some of the small unpolished works ... which are EXTREMELY small compared to the work that you've done.<br /><br />Here is the List of ALL of the works:<br /><br />http://www.heavenlydoctrines.org/Writings%20English_date.html<br /><br />Some of the small works that can be added:<br /><br />Coronis (Whitehead)<br />Invitation to the New Church (Whitehead)<br />Nine Questions (Potts)<br />Ecclesiastical History (Elliott)<br />Canons of the New Church (Mongredien and Coulson)<br />Interaction of the Soul and Body (Whitehead)<br /> <br />White Horse Appendix (Willmott)<br />Conversation with Calvin (Whitehead)<br /><br /><br />And some others...<br /><br />Thank you so much for that great works you've done.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />timur12345https://www.blogger.com/profile/14739904639411789736noreply@blogger.com