Swedenborg

American  

[sweed-n-bawrg, svayd-n-bawr-y^uh] / ˈswid nˌbɔrg, ˈsveɪd nˌbɔr jə /

noun

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

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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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Swedenborg

From then on, Swedenborg believed he was able to travel to heaven and hell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

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 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 Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

“He’s called the Buddha of the West,” Dr. Oz said of Swedenborg.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

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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