Arcana Coelestia

By Emanuel Swedenborg

Book Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877852146
• ISBN13: 9780877852148
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation
• Length: 673 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The life of Christ

The truly astounding thing to me about the Arcana Coelestia is that it tells about the life of Christ--His inner temptations and growth--things we don't learn about in the Bible. So while it gives new light to the Old Testament, it also adds to the New Testament and knowledge about Christ. It is fascinating and inspiring!

Kabbalah alternative for New Thought seekers

~~~Many a people are attracted to Kabbalah, regardless of their associations with Torah, possession of Jewish mindsets, and recognition of hierarchy in every kind of knowledge. Direct involvement with Kabbalah, whilst lacking this awareness, can be tragic, both mentally and physically. Putting aside the debate of religions herewith, for example, do you jump to "Pulse Rejuvenating", "Marrow Cleansing" Practise without slightest foundation of Taoism ? Do you jump to Personal Deity~~ Dharma~~ not knowing general Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism ? It is great that Dr. Rav Berg provided us with "Kabbalah for the Layman" Volumes. The volumes, in my opinion, serve to extract the worldly applications from mystical orientations. For the seekers who are looking at spiritual ponders outside the vesper bell, Heavenly Secrets (12 volumes in total) is a set of revealed commentary on Genesis and Exodus. Profuse hidden meanings of the open sentence compositions are explained. Again~~ we~~ wish not debate the source of author Emmanuel Swedenborg's revelations, I merely wish to introduce and share with patrons the deep and profound meanings, in New Thought perspective, of the first two books of the Testament. The volumes request commitment and as well judgment, yet we, as "average joes", would get more out of Arcana Coelestia, than in risking the senses twisting with Kabbalah, Zohar, Bahir and Palms of Deborah. Perhaps I should clarify "alternative" does not~~~~ mean and suggest comparison. They are not comparable. Arcana Coelestia stands on its own.~~~

This is the best explanation of the Bible I have ever seen.

Arcana Caelestia is an explanation of the first two books of the Bible, Genesis and Exodus. In Swedenborg's view, the Bible has an internal, spiritual sense which tells us about the life of Christ, the True path to Happiness, and amazing insights into the nature of people and the universe. Arcana Caelestia now represents the foundation of my personal understanding of life and God. Swedenborg is definitely a Christian, but like no other Christian author. Arcana Caelestia is very large, but evcen reading sections is incredibly illuminating, and he offers a complete and satisfying explanation of Christianity and the Bible. In some ways, this work is the most important book of religion or philosophy I know of. Period.