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19 books of 336 · oldest first
Christian theosophy and Swedenborg 19
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written 1612; circulated in manuscript; first printed 1634, posthumous
Aurora
An unfinished visionary account of God, creation, nature and the emergence of opposites.
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1619
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Develops his dynamic conception of divine manifestation and nature.
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1621
The Signature of All Things
Perhaps his most directly esoteric book: visible nature contains signatures revealing invisible spiritual realities.
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1749–1756
Secrets of Heaven
A large spiritual interpretation of Genesis and Exodus built through his doctrine of correspondences.
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1758
Heaven and Hell
His best-known account of the afterlife: heaven and hell as states corresponding to inward loves rather than external rewards and punishments.
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1763
Divine Love and Wisdom
Systematic metaphysics of God, creation and spiritual reality.
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1764
Divine Providence
A study of divine governance and human freedom.
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1766
Apocalypse Revealed
A spiritual interpretation of Revelation.
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1768
Conjugial Love
Spiritual sexuality and the correspondence of marriage.
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1771
True Christian Religion
The great synthesis of his later theology.
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composed c. 1770–72; first complete printed edition 1899
Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings
The theological foundation of his system. It was not conceived as a public occult handbook, and publication came more than a century after his death.
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1775
Of Errors and Truth
His first major work, published as 'The Unknown Philosopher'. Humanity is fallen from an original spiritual condition and capable of restoration.
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1782
Tableau naturel
Develops his account of humanity, nature and the divine order.
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1790
The Man of Desire
A devotional and mystical work expressing the soul's longing for reintegration.
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1792
Ecce Homo
A meditation on spiritual regeneration and the true human condition.
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1790s
The New Man
An account of inward rebirth.
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1800
The Spirit of Things
Attempts to read nature as a spiritual revelation.
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1802
Ministry of the Man-Spirit
One of his mature statements concerning humanity's spiritual vocation.
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