Spiritual Life and the Word of God

2018 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Extracted from the Apocalypse Explained. This title attempts to provide a brief but comprehensive survey of the essentials of spiritual life. By "spiritual" Swedenborg does not mean "other-worldly" or removed from the here and now, but rather those qualities that are associated with true self fulfillment and happiness. Basically this is a religious work that encompasses the philosophy of the "good life" as revealed in the Old and New Testaments, yet it is not denominational or parochial, but rather universal.
Chapters Include: How Spiritual Life Is Acquired - Goods Of Charity - Shunning Evils - Cleansing The Inside - What Religion Consists In - The First Commandment - The Second Commandment - The Third Commandment - The Fourth Commandment - The Fifth Commandment - The Sixth Commandment - The Seventh Commandment - The Eighth Commandment - The Ninth And Tenth Commandments - The Commandments In General - Goods And Truths And Their Opposites - The First Kind Of Profanation - The Second Kind Of Profanation - The Third Kind Of Profanation - The Fourth And Fifth Kinds Of Profanation - The Holiness Of The Word - The Lord Is The Word - The Lord's Words Spirit And Life - Influx And Correspondence - The Three Senses Of The Word - Conjunction By The Word - The Sense Of The Letter