Swedenborg's "Heaven and Hell"
Heaven and Hell is the common English title of a book written by Emanuel Swedenborg in Latin , published in 1758. The full title is Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen , or, in Latin: De Caelo et Ejus Mirabilibus et de inferno, ex Auditis et Visis. Introduction This book is a detailed description of the afterlife , how people live after the death of the physical body . The book owes its appeal to that subject matter. Whatever is uncertain in this world, one thing is certain - we all shall die, and there are few who have not, at some time, meditated on this inevitable change. [ 1 ] Some topics are discussed below. For a full listing of the book’s coverage see its Table of Contents [ 2 ] An article about Swedenborg [ 3 ] includes a list of biographies about him, with a brief analysis of each biographer's point of view. [ 4 ] Some of the things he claims to have experienced are that there are Jews , Muslims and people of pre-Christian times ("...