This work, originally published in 1763, treats of the operation of Divine love and Divine wisdom in the creation of the universe, including man as the chief end of creation.
This work, published in 1768, when Swedenborg was eighty years of age, was the first of the author's theological works on the title of which his name appeared.
Swedenborg here unfolds the laws governing the spiritual world; describes the condition of good and evil spirits; and exhibits the general arrangement and surroundings of the inhabitants of heaven and hell.
In these days of the "e; higher criticism,"e; with its merciless analysis of original Scripture, much light would doubtless be thrown on the New Testament by an unprejudiced study of Gnosticism.
Containing a delineation of the Rituals of Freemasonry, with the Emblems and Explanations so arranged as greatly to facilitate in acquiring a knowledge of the rites and ceremonies of the several degrees, from Entered Apprentice to that of Select Master, and the Order of the Priesthood.
Der Untergang der Kultur und der Religionen der alten Welt im Christentum vollzieht sich "in, mit und unter" Herausbildung des neuen allumfassenden und allesverschlingenden Mythos vom Christ, der als Sohn Gottes aus seiner himmlischen Vorexistenz in die Welt geboren wurde, um das Reich des "Fürsten dieser Welt", das Reich Satans oder des Teufels, das im Tode gipfelt, zu zerstören und die Menschheit durch die Aufrichtung des Reiches Gottes aus seinen Banden und vor dem nahenden Weltgericht zu erretten.
THE Masonic fellowship differs from all other societies in that candidates for membership have to join it blindfold, and cannot receive much information about it until they actually enter its ranks.
Containing Monitorial Instructions in the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master Masons, with Explanatory Notes, Emendations, and Lectures; together with the Ceremonies of Consecration and Dedication of New Lodges, Installation of Grand and Suborninate Officers, Laying of Foundation Stones, Dedication of Masonic Halls, etc.
This is the first book of its kind ever written, giving the simple, accurate and vivid story of the origin of Freemasonry and its spread over the world.
This volume deals with the myths and legends of the Teutonic peoples--Norsemen, Goths, Vandals, Burgundians, Franks, Angles, Saxons, and all the other Germanic tribes whose descendants now occupy England, Northern France, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland.
This is Reverend Alexander MacGregor's excellent work on the superstitions in the British Highlands, containing the following chapters:General SuperstitionsDruidismFairiesWitchcraftSecond-SightSmaller SuperstitionsHallowe'enSacred Wells and Lochs
This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.
This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.
Bridget of Sweden (1303 to 1373; also Birgitta of Vadstena, Saint Birgitta, was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines after the death of her husband of twenty years.
The Cloud of Unknowing (Middle English: The Cloude of Unknowyng) is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century.
It is a great book, simply written, wherein the Christian author dares honestly to face the fact that the words of the bible can not be accepted in their literal meaning, and yet he has been able to preserve for us the deep, underlying spiritual truths of the Good Book.