A Man of the Field, Volume 2: Extracting the Spiritual Sense of the Writings [Paperback]

Leon James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2, 2010

This book in three volumes is about regeneration, which is the conscious discipline of character change based on the scientific principles revealed in the Writings of Swedenborg. When we read the Writings we begin to understand regeneration in a medical, psychological, and educational perspective that is unique and beneficial. Our prior understanding is based on the fundamental principle of nonduality, which is that all things exist in the materialistic continuum of the universe or reality. When we begin to see things from the perspective of the Writings, we can replace every concept of nonduality into a duality. Every duality is by reference to the natural and the spiritual as two separate and distinct worlds, tied together by rational laws of correspondence that have now been revealed by God through the mind of Swedenborg. We can then begin our regeneration. This requires us to cooperate with the Lord by shunning our daily mental evils as sins because sins prevent the preparation of our mind for eternal heavenly life. Volume 2 is an exposition of the systematic techniques of correspondences that are available to us for extracting the spiritual-celestial meaning from the literal rational sentences of the Writings. These techniques are those demonstrated in the Writings that Swedenborg applied to the Word of the Old and New Testaments, and are now applied to the Word of the Writings.

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About the Author

Dr James is Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii, and has web site www.theisticpsychology.org

Product Details

• Paperback: 444 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (July 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1450590853
• ISBN-13: 978-1450590853
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,206,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Leon James was born in 1938 in Rumania under the name of Leon "Licu" "James" Jakobovits. He went to school in Belgium and college in Montreal, Canada. He obtained a Ph.D. in Psychology at McGill University in 1962. He taught at Laval University in Quebec, University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, and at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu where he is currently Professor of Psychology. He specializes in driving psychology and maintains a Web site at DrDriving.org In 1981 he came across the Writings of Swedenborg and after years of study he developed a modern version of Swedenborg's psychology which he calls theistic psychology. His books and articles on this topic are posted on the Web at TheisticPsychology.org He can be reached by email at [e-mail]