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Life on Other Planets

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Written by visionary Emanuel Swedenborg and Translated by Cambridge scholar John Chadwick, Life On Other Planets is a metaphysical text originally published in 1758, recounting the author's otherworldly travels and conversations with spirits from Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Venus, and the moon. Of particular interest is Swedenborg's assessment of "The Reasons Why the Lord Chose to Be Born in Our World and Not in Another". Written in point-by-point paragraph style, Life On Other Planets weighs Swedenborg's transcendental experiences and his deep and abiding Christian faith in equal measure, and is as deeply spiritual as it is far reaching.

The foreword is very good (as in the most Emanuel Swedenborg editions) I think this book is a must for everyone who is interested in Swedenborg.

I see now why this is Swedenborg's most controversial book. I've never had a question about "Sheep that are not of this fold" referring to life on other planets, yet this book is pretty out there. To me.
Arrived promptly, excellent condition.

When I saw this book and its title, I jumped spiritually. I've known for years that life exists on other planets. The Bible record explains that Elijah was taken to another planet to wait for a return to earth if needed. In the early years of human history, communication with God, Jesus Christ, Lucifer was common. God visited earth often and communicated with Adam and Eve. He even mentions visiting other planets. On one such return He stopped at
Sodom and Gommorah and was greatly displeased that sin was so rampant. He immediately destroyed the Cities of the Plain for their blatant sin and left. God is not mocked. The Bible is our earthly guide. It is too bad, we don't read what is written. It is all there. Swedenborg explains it.