{"product_id":"the-shorter-works-of-1758-deluxe-nce","title":"The Shorter Works of 1758","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains four shorter works by the influential eighteenth-century mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. Translators George F. Dole and Jonathan S. Rose have produced an accessible rendering of these important yet easily overlooked works. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Jerusalem:\u003c\/i\u003e In this work Swedenborg outlines his theology in twenty-three brief chapters on major Christian topics such as love, faith, regeneration, the inner self and outer self, and the nature of the Bible. Nearly every chapter ends with what is in effect an index to that topic as it appears in his much larger study \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Heaven.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Judgment:\u003c\/i\u003e This work on the “end times” asserts that the Last Judgment foretold in the Bible does not involve the end of the physical world. Rather, the Last Judgment was an event of tremendous upheaval in the spiritual world, a nonmaterial apocalypse which has already occurred and which Swedenborg himself witnessed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Horse:\u003c\/i\u003e This brief work is divided into two parts. The first presents the inner meaning of the white horse mentioned in chapter 19 of the book of Revelation. The second is effectively an index to passages concerning the Bible and its inner meaning in Swedenborg’s much larger work \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Heaven.\u003c\/i\u003e This work is a good short introduction to Swedenborg’s principle of correspondences between the spiritual and physical worlds, as well as to his unique view of the nature of the Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther Planets:\u003c\/i\u003e Building on the eighteenth-century fascination with the possibility of life on other worlds and with traveler’s tales of other cultures, this work describes life on other planets in our solar system and elsewhere in the universe. Swedenborg undertook this work specifically to demonstrate that Jesus is God not just of planet Earth but also of the universe as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese four short works by Swedish scientist and spiritual teacher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) cover different areas of his early theology. \u003ci\u003eNew Jerusalem \u003c\/i\u003eis a summation of the ideas laid out in Swedenborg’s first major theological work, \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, making it an excellent reference for those who want an overview of the work; \u003ci\u003eLast Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e presents the startling claim that the Last Judgment has already happened in the spiritual world and that it heralded the dawn of a new spiritual age for humanity; \u003ci\u003eWhite Horse\u003c\/i\u003e is a commentary on Chapter 19 of the book of Revelation, focusing on the symbolism of the white horse described in that chapter; and \u003ci\u003eOther Planets\u003c\/i\u003e describes Swedenborg’s encounters with spirits from other inhabited worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Swedenborg Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49060409344242,"sku":"9780877854821","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB","offer_id":49060409377010,"sku":"9780877857006","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1690\/4178\/files\/761cb565788812fdb2135e1c93b47210_e233585c-f886-43c8-b765-049cc390f9e4.jpg?v=1788538806","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.swedenborg.com\/products\/the-shorter-works-of-1758-deluxe-nce","provider":"Swedenborg Foundation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}