Open Doors: Swedenborg Essays - Paperback

by Olle Hjern (Author)

Open Doors presents a diversity of essays written both in English and Swedish by The Lord's New Church's pastor of sixty years Olle Hjern. The volume in hand includes a variation of Emanuel Swedenborg related themes: from the light gained by the near death experience in this eighteenth century philosopher and extraordinary scientist to essays showing Swedenborg's influence on the Swedish culture, e.g., painter Ivan Aguéli and well known writers C J Love Almqvist and Vilhelm Ekelund. One leading theme is the establishing of the New Church in Sweden in the summer of 1786 at the place called 'Heavenly Well' (Varnhem Sweden). This movement was later called the Skara Swedenborgianism. Among the essays you'll find the author's autobiography that sheds light on his life before his ordination as a priest in The Lord's New Church, which was called by Swedenborg himself - Nova Hierosolyma.

Author Biography

Olle Hjern (1926-2016) was born in Jönköping, graduated from Lund and Uppsala Universities, and ordained in Holland and the U.S. Reverend Hjern welcomed to his cultural activities all kinds of people. His spiritual work in such Swedish towns as Stockholm, Göteborg and Arboga among other places, were extensive and involved many spiritually interested theologians, researchers, writers, artists, academics, business people, and leaders. His activities extended even to South Africa, Lesotho and Yokohama Japan. In 1989-1999, he edited a journal called "Meeting of Worlds". Pastor Hjern published a substantial amount of articles during his life, a chosen number of those make this volume.