A very interesting article on Dr Mehmet Oz, author and renowned heart surgeon can be found at http://www.spirituality-health.com/NMagazine/articles.php?id=1768. The title is ‘Mehmet Oz Finds His Teacher’ and his teacher is Swedenborg. He was introduced to Swedenborg by his wife Lisa and has found Swedenborg’s ideas very helpful in his practice of providing holistic healing. He realises the importance of connecting with his patients on both the physical and spiritual levels, as true healing is never about curing just the body. Because Dr Oz has been a regular on the Oprah Show and now has his own show, Swedenborg’s ideas are being promoted by him in various ways such as this article.
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Strong influence of Emanuel Swedenborg on Theosophists, Christian Scientists, Transcendentalists, and New Thoughters.
Below is the link to a very interesting review of the book American Veda by Philip Goldberg. The book tells the story of a new American tradition, derived from both the practices of yoga, and the philosophy of Vedanta. The reviewer, Michael J Altman, acknowledges that while Theosophists, Christian Scientists, Transcendentalists, and New Thoughters were influenced by Vedic texts, Emanuel Swedenborg and Franz Anton Mesmer has much if not more influence on these groups as Vedic texts. For full article go to http://www.religiondispatches.org/books/4395/why_there%27s_yoga_at_your_church_%28or_synagogue,_or_mosque,_or...%29_/
New Swedenborg Information Website: 'Spiritual Questions'
Visit this new website to find out more about Swedenborg, associated ideas and institutions. The site is fully interactive, offering a real forum for discussion among those interested in the spiritual side of Swedenborg studies. http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/
International Swedenborg Symposium - Stockholm
On 7th - 9th June 2010, experts and students of Swedenborg studies assembled in Stockholm for a symposium on 'Emanuel Swedenborg: A World Memory, Context, Content, Contribution'. The event was organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in celebration of the completion of a new catalogue of their Swedenborg archive. Go to http://www.center.kva.se/svenska/forskning/Swedenborg2010Program.htm
for abstracts of the papers, photographs and videos of the conference.
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