Japanese philosopher D.T. Suzuki once called Swedenborg the "Buddha of the North." The 18th-century Swedish mystic's visionary writings also deeply influenced Emerson, Blake, Strindberg and Helen ...

c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King Jr. and even Helen Keller all found something to like in Emanuel Swedenborg. Emanuel who? A new ...

Emanuel Swedenborg was a physicist; in 1716 King Charles XII of Sweden appointed him assessor-extraordinary to the Royal Board of Mines. He was also perhaps the most versatile genius-of-all-trades ...

Chances are you've never heard of Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish scientist whose spiritual experiences brought him to renounce science and to write his interpretations of the Bible. Swedenborg, who was ...

Poet Edgar Albert (“Eddie”) Guest, Helen Keller, Mrs. Frank Arthur Vanderlip, Boston’s onetime Mayor Malcolm Nichols, Glass Manufacturer Raymond Pitcairn, the family of Harvard’s President James ...

The first notable spiritualist and psychic of the modern era was probably Emmanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). Trained as a mining engineer, Swedenborg had a vision at age 56 that changed his life. At ...

Why Swedenborg -- Stockholm shocked -- Parent extraordinary -- Undergraduate at Upsala -- Discovery of England -- Engineer and mining expert -- Physicist and physiologist -- Dissecting rooms abroad -- ...

The primary mission of the Armstrong Browning Library is to serve as a "library of record" of research materials relating to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; to acquire, preserve, and provide ...

An underwater ship -- A siphon for raising water -- Lifting weights by water, and a portable siphon -- Construction of sluices to raise ships to any height -- A machine worked by fire which can throw ...