Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic who, after a spiritual crisis at age 56, claimed to have direct access to Heaven and Hell and wrote extensive accounts of the spiritual world. His Swedenborgian church influenced Blake, Emerson, and many others.
Produced the most extensive claimed account of the spiritual world in Western literature; influenced Romanticism, spiritualism, and American religion.
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