A Swedenborg Sampler : Selections from Heaven and Hell, Divine Love and Wisdom, Divine Providence, True Christianity, and Secrets of Heaven.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Heaven and Hell -- About Heaven and Hell -- What the World of Spirits Is -- Each of Us Is Inwardly a Spirit -- Our Revival from the Dead and Entry into Eternal Life -- After Death, We Are in a Complete Human Form -- After Death, We Enjoy Every Sense, Memory, Thought, and Affection We Had in the World: We Leave Nothing Behind except Our Earthly Body -- Our Nature after Death Depends on the Kind of Life We Led in the World -- After Death, the Pleasures of Everyone's Life Are Turned into Things That Correspond -- Divine Love and Wisdom -- About Divine Love and Wisdom -- [The Lord's Love &amp -- Wisdom] -- Divine Providence -- About Divine Providence -- Evils Are Permitted for a Purpose: Salvation -- Divine Providence Is for Evil People and Good People Alike -- True Christianity -- About True Christianity -- Goodwill (or Loving Our Neighbor) and Good Actions -- There Are Three Universal Categories of Love: Love for Heaven -- Love for the World -- and Love for Ourselves -- When the Three Universal Categories of Love Are Prioritized in the Right Way They Improve Us -- When They Are Not Prioritized in the Right Way They Damage Us and Turn Us Upside Down -- All Individual Members of Humankind Are the Neighbor We Are to Love, but [in Different Ways] Depending on the Type of Goodness They Have -- The Neighbor We Are to Love Is Humankind on a Wider Scale in the Form of Smaller and Larger Communities and Humankind in the Aggregate as a Country of Such Communities -- On an Even Higher Level, the Neighbor We Are to Love Is the Church, and on the Highest Level, Our Neighbor Is the Lord's Kingdom -- Loving Our Neighbor Is Not in Fact Loving the Person but Loving the Goodness That Is inside the Person -- Goodwill and Good Actions Are Two Distinct Things: Wishing People Well and Treating Them Well.

Goodwill Itself Is Acting Justly and Faithfully in Our Position and Our Work and with the People with Whom We Interact -- Acts of Kindness Related to Goodwill Consist in Giving to the Poor and Helping the Needy, Although with Prudence -- The First Step toward Goodwill Is Removing Evils -- the Second Step Is Doing Good Things That Are Useful to Our Neighbor -- As Long as We Believe That Everything Good Comes from the Lord, We Do Not Take Credit for the Things We Do As We Practice Goodwill -- A Life of Goodwill Is a Moral Life That Is Also Spiritual -- Secrets of Heaven -- About Secrets of Heaven -- [The Essential Nature of the Word] -- Genesis I -- Summary of Genesis I -- Inner Meaning of Genesis I -- [Content and Mode in the Word] -- Appendix: Theological Works Published by Emanuel Swedenborg.

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