From Peter Clarke's fascinating book New Religions in Global Perspective (2006):
"The writings of Emanuel Swedenborg...are among the principle sources of New Age thinking, in particular his metaphysical theology, which is an attempt to unravel the inner sense or spiritual sense of the scriptures."
The Quest of Johnny Appleseed
ReplyDelete(Looking for Lincoln)
With a sack of seed,
A page to read,
And a countenance of joy;
He carried the theme
Of Heaven's dream
To a Lad in Illinois.
When it becomes more widely known (and politically advantageous to acknowledge) that our Founding Fathers read Swedenborg, and that Swerdenborg’s “Maximus Homo” was the paradigm for the United States Constitution.
ReplyDeleteA Wedding in Paradise
ReplyDeleteAngels from the Lord were sent
To trumpet-wide His firmament;
Where on His day-dawn clouds to bear
Treasures for His wedded pair;
As cherubs trade their swords for rice:
Betrothing Earth to Paradise.