Helen Keller continues to inspire generations of people, but still very few know about her lifelong love of the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.
In a beautiful book she wrote on the subject, Light in My Darkness (originally published in 1927 as My Religion), Keller lays out how very much Swedenborg's ideas influenced her and helped her to make the best of her extraordinary life. The Swedenborg Foundation has also produced an absolutely fascinating documentary film of her life called Shining Soul which is well worth seeing.
Keller's advocacy of Swedenborg was a result of some influential mentors in her life who were themselves prominent Swedenborgians. She was given access to braille editions of Swedenborg's writings, and in them she found great spiritual solace.
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