Afterlife : A Guided Tour of Heaven and Its Wonders.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction by Donald L. Rose -- Preface by Emanuel Swedenborg -- Part 1 - The World of Spirits and Our State after Death -- 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 -- Our Nature after Death Depends on the Kind of Life We Led in the World -- Our First State after Death -- Our Second State after Death -- Our Third State after Death Is a State of Instruction for People Who Are Entering Heaven -- It Is Not So Hard to Lead a Heaven-Bound Life as People Think It Is -- Part 2 - Heaven -- The Heavens Are Made Up of Countless Communities -- Each Community Is a Heaven in Smaller Form and Each Angel a Heaven in Smallest Form -- The Whole Heaven Reflects a Single Individual -- Each Community in the Heavens Reflects a Single Individual -- Every Angel is in Perfect Human Form -- Owing to the Lord's Divine Human, Heaven, in Its Entirety and in Its Parts, Reflects a Person -- There Is a Correspondence of Everything in Heaven with Everything in the Human Being -- There Is a Correspondence of Heaven with Everything Earthly -- The Sun in Heaven -- Light and Warmth in Heaven -- How the States of Angels in Heaven Change -- Time in Heaven -- The Clothes Angels Appear In -- Angels' Homes and Houses -- Space in Heaven -- Forms of Government in Heaven -- Divine Worship in Heaven -- The Power of Heaven's Angels -- The Language of Angels -- How Angels Talk with Us -- Written Materials in Heaven -- The Wisdom of Heaven's Angels -- The State of Innocence of Angels in Heaven -- The State of Peace in Heaven -- The Union of Heaven with the Human Race -- Heaven's Union with Us through the Word -- Heaven and Hell Come from the Human Race.

Non-Christians, or People Outside the Church, in Heaven -- Children in Heaven -- Rich and Poor People in Heaven -- Marriages in Heaven -- What Angels Do in Heaven -- Heavenly Joy and Happiness -- The Vastness of Heaven -- Part 3 - Hell -- The Lord Governs the Hells -- The Lord Does Not Cast Anyone into Hell: Spirits Cast Themselves In -- All the People Who Are in the Hells Are Absorbed in Evils and Consequent Falsities because of Their Loves of Themselves and the World -- Hellfire and Gnashing of Teeth -- The Malice and Unspeakable Skills of Hellish Spirits -- The Appearance, Location, and Number of the Hells -- The Equilibrium between Heaven and Hell.

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