Spiritual Life and the Word of God

by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772)

Extracted from the Apocalypse Explained

  

Contents

Part First—THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

I.    How Spiritual Life is Acquired

II.   Goods of Charity

III. Shunning Evils

IV. Cleansing the Inside

V.  What Religion Consists In

 

Part Second—THE COMMANDMENTS

I.    The First Commandment

II.   The Second Commandment

III. The Third Commandment

IV. The Fourth Commandment

V.  The Fifth Commandment

VI. The Sixth Commandment

VII.  The Seventh Commandment

VIII.  The Eighth Commandment

IX. The Ninth and Tenth Commandments

X.  The Commandments in General

 

Part Third—PROFANATIONS OF GOOD AND TRUTH

I.    Goods and Truths and Their Opposites

II.   The First Kind of Profanation

III. The Second Kind of Profanation

IV. The Third Kind of Profanation

V.  The Fourth and Fifth Kinds of Profanation

 

Part Fourth—THE DIVINE WORD

I.    The Holiness of the Word

II.   The Lord is the Word

III. The Lord’s Words Spirit and Life

IV. Influx and Correspondence

V.  The Three Senses of the Word

VI. Conjunction by the Word

VII.   The Sense of the Letter