In this essay, Rev. Hannah R. Hill discusses the subtle and not-so-subtle influences of the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg on the ideas and works of the great psychologist William James, author of The Varieties of Religious Experience. Click below for a PDF version: The Psychologist and the Mystic – Rev. Hannah Reynolds Rev. Hannah R. …
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In this Easter sermon, Rev. Thom Muller explores Swedenborg’s esoteric interpretation of the Easter narrative, and how it relates to our own inner life. Click below for a PDF version of Rev. Muller’s Sermon: Rev. Thom Muller is pastor of Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary, in El Cerrito, California, as well as junior editor of …
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“Holy Humor Sundays” are an opportunity for ongoing celebrations of the greatest miracle in human history — Jesus’ resurrection — and they also give each of us an opportunity to celebrate, and give thanks for, our own smaller resurrections in this world and this life. From time to time in our earthly lives, many of …
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In this Sermon, delivered at the Philadelphia Society of the Lord’s New Church, Rev. Hugh Odhner engages a theme that has occupied Swedenborgian theologians throughout the centuries: The question of the “Eternity of the Hells”. In Swedenborg’s cosmology, are hellish states static and eternal, or does the process of regeneration continue to draw us towards …
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Genesis 28:10-22 – Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he …
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Rev. David Fekete Due to some difficult financial issues I am being confronted with, I have been looking at the subject of money from a spiritual perspective. Some people believe that spiritual powers will bring us prosperity. There are Christian ministers you can see on TV who preach that God will reward believers abundantly. They …
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.” (Matthew 5:38-39)* As we enter into the new year, we are invited to …
In this Advent message, Rev. Kit Billings, pastor at the LaPorte New Church, discusses how the season of Advent can help us go within and engage the spiritual dynamics of receiving and welcoming the divine peace into our lives. The Season of Advent is our time of preparation for celebrating Christmas—the birth of Immanuel, “God …
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In this piece, Eleanor Schnarr, lifelong Swedenborgian and student at the Graduate Theological Union and the Center for Swedenborgian Studies in Berkeley, CA explores the reception of Swedenbog in India, focussing on the work of D. Gopaul Chetty. Click below for a printable PDF version: Eleanor Schnarr is an artist, poet, and Swedenborgian mystic who …
With an increased interest in, and awareness of the issues surrounding racism in our society, Swedenborgians in Action Agains Racism has been an initiative within the Swedenborgian Church which aims at addressing these issues from a New Church perspective. In this interview, ODB’s Rev. Thom Muller discusses this project and the ways people can be …
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