White tells the life of Emanuel Swedenborg, the Swedish mining official, scientist and philosopher who in middle age announced that he conversed with angels and spirits. Drawing on the documents gathered by Tafel, he follows Swedenborg’s travels and studies and summarises his scientific, philosophical and theological works, including his doctrine of the spiritual sense of Scripture.
A useful one-volume introduction to a figure who influenced Blake, Emerson and many seekers since. Download the free EPUB.