Testimony To The Invisible is a collection of essays explaining the influence of Emanuel Swedenborg on religion, psychology, and literature. Contributors include authors Jorge Luis Borges and Czeslaw Milosz, metaphysician Colin Wilson, psychologist Wilson Van Dusen, poet Kathleen Raine, and historian Eugene Taylor (who writes about Emerson's admiration for Swedenborg). In addition, Kei Torita translates excerpts from "Swedenborugu", written by Zen scholar D. T. Suzuki, that explains his interest in Swedenborg's writings and his work of translating them into Japanese. As the insights of Emanuel Swedenborg can be appreciated by a variety of readers, so will this collection appeal to many: especially those interested in the history of ideas, religion, philosophy, literature and psychology. Testimony To The Invisible shows how relevant Swedenborg is today, just as he has been influential in the past. The publisher, Swedenborg Foundation info@swedenborg.com , January 21, 1998
from Gnosis
Emanuel Swedenborg is primarily discussed in the context of mysticism and influence. He is the man who conversed with angels and devils, and whose spiritual writing influenced Emerson, Goethe, Henry James Sr., Dostoevsky, and, most noticeably, William Blake. Indeed it is Swedenborg's influence that often gives credibility to his mysticism, for it is hard to believe, we reason, that great men could be interested in the works of a crank. This is discussed in Testimony to the Invisible, a collection of essays on Swedenborg edited by James F. Lawrence.
