Swedenborg's Writings Online and Collateral Books

The Swedenborg Glossary by Leon James uses standard abbreviations to Swedenborg's Writings. Most of the Glossary Entires contain extensive quotations from many parts of the Writings.

For the original text of Swedenborg's Writings please consult the online copies available free in various places on the Web :

http://www.eswedenborg.com/writings/booklist.htm

www.heavenlydoctrines.org

http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/

http://biblemeanings.info/

http://www.swedenborgproject.org/

http://www.sacred-texts.com/swd/index.htm

http://www.swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/index1a.html#can

Additional Books and Commentaries Available Online

True Christian Religion by E. Swedenborg (with hypertext index)
Divine Providence by E. Swedenborg (with hypertext index)
Arcana Coelestia by E. Swedenborg
Divine Love and Wisdom (DLW) by E. Swedenborg (with hypertext index)
The Heavenly City: A Spiritual Guidebook by E. Swedenborg
On Mechanical Tremulation, Vibration in the Body by E. Swedenborg
Journal of Dreams by E. Swedenborg
De Hemelsche Leer (DHL), or The Epistles for the New Church (various authors)
Sermons on the Word by Edward S. Hyatt (1935; 1896)
The Leading Theses Propounded in ìDe Hemelsche Leerî by Rev. J. Hugh Odhner
A Man of the Field: Forming the New Church Mind in Today's World by Leon James
Discrete Degrees in Successive and Simultaneous Order Illustrated by Diagrams by The Rev. N.C. Burnham
Physiological Correspondences by John Worcester (a better formatted version here)
Correspondences to Egypt by C.Th. Odhner
The Human Organic--Various Articles on Swedenborg Related Concepts (embryology, education, physics, theology, psychology, correspondences)
Life in the Spiritual World—Life After Death—The Details by Hugo Lj. Odhner
Light in My Darkness by Helen Keller
The Secret of Swedenborg by Henry James
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (1902)
alternate location
A Man of the Field---Forming the New Church Mind In Today’s World by Leon James (2003)
Moses, Paul, and Swedenborg by Leon James (2002)
Theistic Psychology: The Science of Immortality by Leon James (2004)
Swedenborg Digital Library (full text online Swedenborg and collateral books)

Books and Articles About Swedenborg

Swedenborg: A Biography by Dr. Jane K. Williams-Hogan
Includes the "Article, Swedenborg Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and General Reference Works"
Please visit TheisticScience.org maintained by Dr. Ian Thompson, Physicist
Words in Swedenborg and their meanings in modern English by Frank Rose -- This is the beginnings of a vocabulary to assist the reader in understanding the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.
Swedenborg Glossary by Leon James
The Swedenborg Association Words of Spirit and Life - Book Catalogue
A Review of Swedenborg's Scientific or Pre-theological Works by Rev. Hugo Lj. Odhner
New Church Issues Database--A Collection of Articles on Swedenborg's Writings (various authors)
Resources in Theistic Psychology by Dr. Ian Thompson
Search Swedenborg Sites and Books by Dr. Ian Thompson
Topical List on Swedenborg's Writings Linked to Original Text by Dr. Ian Thompson
Books, articles and sermons based on the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg by Dr. Ian Thompson

Abbreviations to Books by Swedenborg:

AC: Arcana Coelestia (Full title: Heavenly Secrets Contained In The Holy Scriptures Or Word Of God Unfolded -- Beginning With The Book Of Genesis Together With Wonderful Things Seen In The World of Spirits And In The Heaven Of Angels
AE: The Apocalypse Explained
AR: The Apocalypse Revealed
BE: A Brief Exposition Of The Doctrine Of The New Church
CJ: Continuation Concerning the Last Judgment
Canons: Canons Of The New Church
Charity: The Doctrine Of Charity
CL: Conjugial Love
DLW: Divine Love And Wisdom
D.Love, D.Wis: On The Divine Love And On The Divine Wisdom
DP: Divine Providence
EU: Earths In The Universe
Faith: The Doctrine Of Faith
HH: Heaven and Hell (Full Title: Heaven And Its Wonders And Hell--From Things Seen And Heard
I: Invitation To The New Church
ISB: Interaction Of Soul And Body
LJ: The Last Judgment (Full title: Concerning The Last Judgment and Babylon Destroyed--Thus The Fulfilment At This Day Of all the things foretold In The Apocalypse -- From Things Heard and Seen
LJ(Post.): The Last Judgment (Posthumous)
Life: The Doctrine Of Life
Lord: The Doctrine Of The Lord
NJHD: The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine (Alternate English Title: The Heavenly City--A Spiritual Guidebook)
PP: Summaries Of The Internal Sense Of The Prophets And Psalms
SD: The Spiritual Diary (Spiritual Experiences)
SS: The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture
TCR: The True Christian Religion
Tremulations
WH: The White Horse

Brief content description of each title and date available here.

Here is another brief description compiled by Dr. Ian Thompson:

Primary Theological Works
Arcana Coelestia (sometimes translated as Heavenly Secrets)	1747-1756	An extensive verse by verse explanation of the deeper levels of meaning of Genesis and Exodus describing the spiritual development of a human being and the nature of the Divine. (Published in 12 volumes.)
Spiritual Diary (sometimes called Spiritual Experiences)	1747-1763	The personal notebooks kept by Swedenborg of his experiences in the Spiritual World and reflections upon them. They were unpublished until the mid 1800s.
Heaven and Hell	1758	A description of the structure and phenomena of the Spiritual World.
Earths in the Universe	1758	Conversations Swedenborg had with people in the Spiritual World who said they were from other planets in the universe.
The Last Judgement	1758	Description of events in the Spiritual World preparing the way for the establishment of the New Church.
The White Horse	1758	A brief explanation of the meaning of the white horse with its rider from the Book of Revelation chapter 19 as the Divine truth of the Lord's Word.
The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine	1758	A brief summary of the fundamental doctrines of the New Church with extensive references to the Arcana Coelestia for further reading.
The Doctrine of the Lord	1763	A brief work summarizing the teachings about God - His Divinity and Humanity - with extensive references to the Old and New Testaments.
The Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture	1763	A brief work summarizing the teachings on the nature of revelation.
The Doctrine of Life	1763	A brief work describing the qualities which comprise a life of good which leads to heaven.
The Doctrine of Faith	1763	A brief work explaining the nature of faith and its role in the life of regeneration.
A Continuation Concerning the Last Judgement	1763	A continuation describing various erroneous beliefs about the Divine and the path of spiritual development.
Divine Love and Wisdom	1763	A philosophic treatment of creation - how the Divine finited Himself to produce the natural world and the human race.
Divine Providence	1764	A thorough explanation of how the Lord leads people in freedom to become angels in heaven; also, why He allows evils to occur.
Apocalypse Revealed	1766	A two volume, verse by verse treatment of the Book of Revelation.
Conjugial Love (or Marital Love)	1768	An explanation of the sources of love in marriage and a practical guide on how husbands and wives can grow ever closer forming an eternal union.
A Brief Exposition of the Doctrine of the New Church	1769	A point by point comparison of fundamental Catholic and Protestant doctrines with the teachings of the New Church.
Inter-relationship of the Soul and Body	1769	A brief description of the relationship and interaction between the spiritual and natural realms.
True Christian Religion	1771	A comprehensive overview of the fundamental doctrines of the New Church, including the Lord, the Ten Commandments, Faith, Charity, Repentance, Reformation, Regeneration, Holy Supper, Baptism, and the Second Coming.
Primary Scientific and Philosophical Works
Principles of Chemistry	1720	Swedenborg's first effort at explaining creation.
Miscellaneous Observations	1722	A second attempt at explaining creation.
The Principia	1734	Swedenborg's full explanation of creation, including an introduction on the means leading to a true philosophy.
The Infinite and Final Cause of Creation	1734	A philosophical argument for the existence of God based upon the order in nature.
The Economy of the Animate Kingdom	1740-1741	An anatomical work looking at the blood, embryology, etc., seeking an answer as to how the soul operates in the body. This is Swedenborg's first clear articulation of the doctrines of discrete degrees and correspondences.
The Fiber	1741	Contains Swedenborg's doctrine of physical forms.
The Rational Psychology	1743	An exploration of the workings of the mind as a "mixed intellect" between the soul and the "animus."
The Animal Kingdom	1744-1745	A second effort at explaining how the soul operates in the body. Includes material on the five senses and generation.
The Worship and Love of God	1745	An allegorical depiction of creation by God.

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