Swedenborg, Emanuel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...nooel sva d nbork , 1688 1772, Swedish scientist, religious teacher, and mystic. His religious system, sometimes called Swedenborgianism...world after "heaven was opened" to him in 1745. Visions and communication with spirits and angels helped prepare him to set forth the...