Swedenborg, Emanuel - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

BIOGRAPHY

Trobridge, George. Swedenborg: Life and Teaching, New York: Swedenborg Foundation, 1962, 298 p.

Fourth revised edition of the semi-official New Church intellectual biography of Swedenborg.

CRITICISM

Bradford, David T. “Neuropsychology of Swedenborg's Visions.” Perceptual and Motor Skills 88, no. 2 (April 1999): 377-83.

Argues that Swedenborg's visionary experiences can be interpreted as an instance of neuropsychological symptomatology—a physical anomaly in his brain, or brain damage—under the influence of a powerful intellect.

Carr, Robert. “Divine Construct and the Individual Will: Swedenborgian Theology in The Book of Thel.Colby Library Quarterly 23, no. 2 (June 1987): 77-88.

Examines William Blake's poem The Book of Thel in light of Swedenborg's theology.

Garrett, Clarke. “Swedenborg and the Mystical...

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