Ernst Benz

3. In a similar manner, the work of Emmanuel Swedenborg, the Swedish visionary, was discovered and adopted by the idealistic philosophers. Swedenborg’s work was closely linked to the works of Jacob Boehme and Saint-Martin as much in the theosophical tradition of German pietism as in the tradition of Christian freemasonry in Germany and Russia. Swedenborg’s visionary theology was introduced into Germany in the second half of the 18th century by the founder of German theosophy, whom we have (…)

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