Heaven and its Wonders and Hell, by Emanuel Swedenborg, translated by John Ager

HEAVEN AND ITS WONDERS AND HELL -- FROM THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

by Emanuel Swedenborg
Translated by John Ager

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Table of Contents:

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
PREFACE CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL
CHAPTER 1: THE GOD OF HEAVEN IS THE LORD
CHAPTER 2: IT IS THE DIVINE OF THE LORD THAT MAKES HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 3: IN HEAVEN THE DIVINE OF THE LORD IS LOVE TO HIM AND CHARITY TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOR.
CHAPTER 4: HEAVEN IS DIVIDED INTO TWO KINGDOMS.
CHAPTER 5: THERE ARE THREE HEAVENS.
CHAPTER 6: THE HEAVENS CONSIST OF INNUMERABLE SOCIETIES.
CHAPTER 7: EACH SOCIETY IS A HEAVEN IN A SMALLER FORM, AND EACH ANGEL IN THE SMALLEST FORM.
CHAPTER 8: ALL HEAVEN IN THE AGGREGATE REFLECTS A SINGLE MAN.
CHAPTER 9: EACH SOCIETY IN HEAVEN REFLECTS A SINGLE MAN.
CHAPTER 10: THEREFORE EVERY ANGEL IS IN A COMPLETE HUMAN FORM.
CHAPTER 11: IT IS FROM THE LORD'S DIVINE HUMAN THAT HEAVEN AS A WHOLE AND IN PART REFLECTS MAN.
- EXTRACTS FROM THE ARCANA COELESTIA RELATING TO THE LORD AND HIS DIVINE HUMAN.
CHAPTER 12: THERE IS A CORRESPONDENCE OF ALL THINGS OF HEAVEN WITH ALL THINGS OF MAN.
CHAPTER 13: THERE IS A CORRESPONDENCE OF HEAVEN WITH ALL THINGS OF THE EARTH.
CHAPTER 14: THE SUN IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 15: LIGHT AND HEAT IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 16: THE FOUR QUARTERS IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 17: CHANGES OF STATE OF THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 18: TIME IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 19: REPRESENTATIVES AND APPEARANCES IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 20: THE GARMENTS WITH WHICH ANGELS APPEAR CLOTHED.
CHAPTER 21: THE PLACES OF ABODE AND DWELLINGS OF ANGELS.
CHAPTER 22: SPACE IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 23: THE FORM OF HEAVEN WHICH DETERMINES AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS THERE.
CHAPTER 24: GOVERNMENTS IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 25: DIVINE WORSHIP IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 26: THE POWER OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 27: THE SPEECH OF ANGELS.
CHAPTER 28: THE SPEECH OF ANGELS WITH MAN.
CHAPTER 29: WRITINGS IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 30: THE WISDOM OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 31: THE STATE OF INNOCENCE OF ANGELS IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 32: THE STATE OF PEACE IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 33: THE CONJUNCTION OF HEAVEN WITH THE HUMAN RACE.
CHAPTER 34: CONJUNCTION OF HEAVEN WITH MAN BY MEANS OF THE WORD.
CHAPTER 35: HEAVEN AND HELL ARE FROM THE HUMAN RACE.
CHAPTER 36: THE HEATHEN, OR PEOPLES OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH, IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 37: LITTLE CHILDREN IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 38: THE WISE AND THE SIMPLE IN HEAVEN.
- EXTRACTS FROM THE ARCANA COELESTIA RESPECTING KNOWLEDGES.
CHAPTER 39: THE RICH AND THE POOR IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 40: MARRIAGES IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 41: THE EMPLOYMENTS OF ANGELS IN HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 42: HEAVENLY JOY AND HAPPINESS.
CHAPTER 43: THE IMMENSITY OF HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 44: WHAT THE WORLD OF SPIRITS IS.
CHAPTER 45: IN RESPECT TO HIS INTERIORS EVERY MAN IS A SPIRIT.
CHAPTER 46: THE RESUSCITATION OF MAN FROM THE DEAD AND HIS ENTRANCE INTO ETERNAL LIFE.
CHAPTER 47: MAN AFTER DEATH IS IN A COMPLETE HUMAN FORM
CHAPTER 48: AFTER DEATH MAN IS POSSESSED OF EVERY SENSE, AND OF ALL THE MEMORY, THOUGHT, AND AFFECTION, THAT HE HAD IN THE WORLD, LEAVING NOTHING BEHIND EXCEPT HIS EARTHLY BODY.
CHAPTER 49: MAN AFTER DEATH IS SUCH AS HIS LIFE HAD BEEN IN THE WORLD.
CHAPTER 50: THE DELIGHTS OF EVERY ONE'S LIFE ARE CHANGED AFTER DEATH INTO THINGS THAT CORRESPOND.
CHAPTER 51: THE FIRST STATE OF MAN AFTER DEATH.
CHAPTER 52: THE SECOND STATE OF MAN AFTER DEATH.
CHAPTER 53: THIRD STATE OF MAN AFTER DEATH, WHICH IS A STATE OF INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE WHO ENTER HEAVEN.
CHAPTER 54: NO ONE ENTERS HEAVEN BY MERCY APART FROM MEANS.
CHAPTER 55: IT IS NOT SO DIFFICULT TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT LEADS TO HEAVEN AS IS BELIEVED.
- EXTRACTS FROM THE ARCANA COELESTIA RESPECTING THE FREEDOM OF MAN, INFLUX, AND THE SPIRITS THROUGH WHOM COMMUNICATIONS ARE EFFECTED.
CHAPTER 56: THE LORD RULES THE HELLS.
CHAPTER 57: THE LORD CASTS NO ONE INTO HELL; THE SPIRIT CASTS HIMSELF DOWN.
CHAPTER 58: ALL WHO ARE IN THE HELLS ARE IN EVILS AND IN FALSITIES THEREFROM DERIVED FROM THE LOVES OF SELF AND OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER 59: WHAT HELL FIRE IS AND WHAT THE GNASHING OF TEETH IS.
CHAPTER 60: THE MALICE AND HEINOUS ARTIFICES OF INFERNAL SPIRITS
CHAPTER 61: THE APPEARANCE, SITUATION, AND NUMBER OF THE HELLS.
CHAPTER 62: THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL.
CHAPTER 63: BY MEANS OF THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL MAN IS IN FREEDOM.
- EXTRACTS FROM THE ARCANA COELESTIA RESPECTING THE FREEDOM OF MAN, INFLUX, AND THE SPIRITS THROUGH WHOM COMMUNICATIONS ARE EFFECTED.