Heaven and Hell

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Heaven and Hell is an 18th-century theological work by Emanuel Swedenborg that presents a detailed account of the afterlife based on his claimed spiritual visions and experiences.

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Heaven and Hell canonical 2
Paradise and Hell 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theology book
book
theological work
associatedMovement Swedenborgianism NERFINISHED
author Emanuel Swedenborg NERFINISHED
basedOn Emanuel Swedenborg's claimed spiritual experiences
Emanuel Swedenborg's claimed spiritual visions
claimsToBe eyewitness report of the spiritual world
countryOfOrigin Sweden
describes intermediate spiritual world
organization of heaven
organization of hell
genre Christian mysticism
religious non-fiction
theology
hasEnglishTitle Heaven and Hell NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn 19th-century religious thought
mystical and esoteric Christian movements
hasPart sections on correspondences between natural and spiritual things
sections on the Last Judgment as spiritual, not physical
sections on the nature of angels
sections on the nature of spirits
sections on the world of spirits between heaven and hell
influenced New Church (Swedenborgian) theology
notableIdea continuation of life immediately after bodily death
heaven and hell as states of mind and love
marriage love continuing in heaven
spiritual body after death
originalLanguage Latin
originalTitle De Caelo et Ejus Mirabilibus et de inferno, ex Auditis et Visis NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 18th century
publicationYear 1758
religiousTradition Christianity
structure prose treatise
subject afterlife
angels
correspondences
divine order
heaven
hell
judgment after death
spirits
spiritual world
theologicalPerspective emphasis on human freedom and love
emphasis on inner spiritual states determining afterlife
rejection of eternal predestination

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Emanuel Swedenborg notableWork Heaven and Hell
Swedenborgianism keyText Heaven and Hell
Adh-Dhariyat associatedWithTopic Heaven and Hell
this entity surface form: Paradise and Hell