THE APOCALYPSE REVEALED; WHEREIN ARE DISCLOSED THE ARCANA THERE FORETOLD, WHICH HAVE HITHERTO REMAINED CONCEALED — By EMANUEL SWEDENBORG, 1st Edition/1st Printing by This Publisher 1875 (KOTCH Edition) — Christianity, Theosophy, Occult Publisher: J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia (1875)
In well preserved condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for some shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean save for a slight dog-ear crease on the first three pages. Spot of ink on the bottom fore-edge which do not appear on the text pages. Stamp in crease on title page: This book is presented by.... Philadelphia. (Ornate gothic script.) This work is an
exegesis of every verse in the book of Revelation, relating its key images to
other passages in Scripture. It focuses on what Swedenborg saw as the fall of
the Christianity of his time (the 18th century) and the predicted
eventual rise of a new Christianity thereafter. Although argued in a rather
terse style, its central reading is spiritual — unlike many if not most other
views of the book of Revelation, which relate the text merely to world events,
whether long past, present, or still to come.
It is the first of Swedenborg’s
works to include at the end of every chapter lengthy narrative accounts (or
“memorable occurrences") of the author’s spiritual experiences. These accounts
often include his blunt declarations of the fate of various kinds of Christians
(including lofty church officials) in the afterlife. Please see below for more information on Swedenborg.
Biography
Emanuel Swedbenborg was born on 29 January 1688 and died 29 March 1772 and was a Swedish scientist, philosopher,
theologian, revelator, mystic and founder of Swedenborgianism.
Swedenborg had a
prolific career as an inventor and scientist. In 1741, at 53, he entered into a
spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions, beginning
on Easter Weekend, on 6 April 1744. It culminated in a 'spiritual awakening' in
which he received a revelation that he was appointed by the Lord Jesus Christ
to write The Heavenly Doctrine to reform Christianity. According to The
Heavenly Doctrine, the Lord had opened Swedenborg's spiritual eyes so that from
then on, he could freely visit heaven and hell and talk with angels, demons and
other spirits and the Last Judgment had already occurred the year before, in
1757. For the last 28
years of his life, Swedenborg wrote 18 published theological works—and several
more that were unpublished. He termed himself a "Servant of the Lord Jesus
Christ" in True Christian Religion, which he published himself. Some
followers of The Heavenly Doctrine believe that of his theological works, only
those that were published by Swedenborg himself are fully divinely inspire
afterlife.
