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Swedenborg

American  
[sweed-n-bawrg, sveyd-n-bawr-yuh] / ˈswid nˌbɔrg, ˈsveɪd nˌbɔr jə /

noun

  1. Emanuel Emanuel Swedberg, 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.


Swedenborg British  
/ ˈsveːdənbɔrj, ˈswiːdənˌbɔːɡ /

noun

  1. Emanuel (eˈmanuel). original surname Svedberg. 1688–1772, Swedish scientist and theologian, whose mystical ideas became the basis of a religious movement

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Rhodes, raised Swedenborgian — a Christian denomination that emphasizes “divine love” based on the writings of theologian Emanuel Swedenborg — does not outright reject the comparison.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

He told Mr. Gates he had also found spiritual fulfillment in other traditions, including his wife’s religion, Swedenborgian Christianity, a Protestant denomination based on the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, an 18th-century Swedish mystic.

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2022

“Although I rarely mention him by name, Swedenborg has made this easier for me.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2022

If you want to know why, you may want to ask Emanuel Swedenborg.

From Washington Times Apr. 28, 2021

Swedenborg, an eighteenth-century scientist and male mystic, had described the afterlife as a circular “world of spirits.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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