The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love / To Which is Added The Pleasures of Insanity Pertaining To Scortatory Love

Name: The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love / To Which is Added The Pleasures of Insanity Pertaining To Scortatory Love
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg

By Emanuel Swedenborg

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The work presents visionary accounts of visits to the spiritual world, where palaces, gardens, and a central tree represent inward states of conjugial love. It offers a theological and psychological exposition of marital love as a divine, lasting union that produces heavenly joy, using correspondences between natural forms and spiritual realities. Doctrinal passages describe how genuine conjugial affection fosters mutual regeneration and communal harmony, while a contrasting section treats licentious, adulterous love as a form of insanity with fleeting, destructive pleasures. Symbolic description, doctrinal argument, and recounted spiritual encounters combine to offer ethical guidance on marriage, chastity, and the uses of love beyond earthly life.

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Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a Swedish philosopher, scientist, and theologian known for his extensive writings on spirituality and the nature of the afterlife. His works, which blend scientific inquiry with mystical insights, explore the relationship between the divine and humanity. Among his notable texts is "Heaven and its Wonders and Hell," where he describes his visions of the spiritual world. Swedenborg's ideas have influenced various religious movements and continue to be studied for their unique perspectives on the intersection of faith and reason.