Tag Archives: Divine order

“Aum” and “Amen”

Many of us have heard from the ancient Hindu tradition that the word “Aum” represents the sacred sound from which the world was divinely created. In other words, this sound conveyed Absolute “Truth.” So Hindus participate in a ritual of … Continue reading

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Everything runs in a connected series

This is a universal dynamic that scientist/theologian Emanuel Swedenborg discovered during his investigations. Yet, in spite of this law being ubiquitous and ruling over all completed processes, it is the one dynamic that is most hidden from the understanding of … Continue reading

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Spiritual Liberation

Enneagram of our liberation from “Egypt” (Divine Order, the Power of Advancing and the Science of Scripture) As I promised in my previous post, here is a small sample of a new New Church revelation. Above is an organic model … Continue reading

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Are Swedenborg’s theological writings incomplete?

Yes—if you consider that God’s wisdom is Infinite and that heaven is always in an effort to reveal more and more truths to those on earth. While Emanuel Swedenborg’s theological writings reveal many new theological ideas to human reasoning (“Nunc … Continue reading

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Fred, Mary, Hank and Sue won’t be going to Heaven

I am not suggesting that individuals who have those names won’t eventually become angels of God’s heavenly kingdom, it is just that they won’t be able to take their terrestrial birth names with them into this rarefied realm. Here’s why: … Continue reading

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Sir Isaac Newton meets a scientifically inclined angel

Once upon a time, a famous scientist named Isaac Newton was conducting a scientific experiment with the sun’s white rays. He put a prism in front of one of the light rays coming through a window in his room. To … Continue reading

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If you end up in Hell, it will be for a good cause!

It would be impossible to make sense of the anti-intuitive title for this blog post unless you were familiar with the spiritual ideas of scientist/theologian Emanuel Swedenborg. It was revealed to him that the spiritual world was organized into societies … Continue reading

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Learning the piano and spiritual transformation

In the 1970s, a book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance captured America’s attention. Basically, it showed how universal laws operated equally in a person’s approach to learning these apparently different human endeavors. Scientist/theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg, as well … Continue reading

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Is it important to show that Holy Scripture is both a theological and scientific document?

Yes and no. For much of the faithful who embrace traditional religious doctrine, no other proof of the sacredness and inerrancy of God’s Word is required than the literal meaning of its narratives (and strong faith.) So they are happy … Continue reading

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A Spectral Analysis of Holy Scripture

Warning: This blog post represents an advanced distillation of Swedenborg’s theology by which one can find rational evidence that God’s providential activity in the universe and a final scientific theory of causal process are actually identical. Scientist/theologian Emanuel Swedenborg disclosed … Continue reading

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