Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg (;"Swedenborg". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. ; born Emanuel Swedberg on 29 January 1688;29 January 9 Old Style 8 February New Style died 29 March 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and mystic. and the Encyclopedia of Religion (1987), which starts its article with the description that he was a "Swedish scientist and mystic." Others have not used the term, e.g. Williams-Hogan, Jane (2005) in Encyclopedia of Religion Retrieved 15 July 2013.  He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).Bergquist, Preface (p. 15–16) He was the father of mineralogy and physiology of brain.  

His writings inspired Swedenborgianism.

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