(April 12, 2014 at 9:06 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: ...if I read the descriptions of Martians and Martian culture from the perspective of alchemy, astrology and Christian mystic perspective after joining the modern illuminati and pledging myself to the order of the Rosy Cross I will understand better, and the following passage about the People from Jupiter...That's actually rather clever, although you forgot to mention Freemasons and the Knights Templar.
(April 12, 2014 at 9:06 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: So to repeat the original question you completely ignored, In your opinion, is Swedenborg's description of Martians...or Jupiterians and Jupiterian communication as accurate as his description of Heaven, or less accurate?I don't ignore really, I just don't have as much time as I would like to make appropriate responses.
Swedenborg relates his visionary experiences using the same symbolic methodology found in his theological works like Arcana Coelestia. In those texts, various nations of the ancient word serve as representatives of spiritual qualities. For example, Egypt and Egyptians correspond to the love of natural sciences. Amorites and Canaanites refer to those who love evil, etc. By using alchemical terms widely understood by his contemporaries, he was able to communicate the character of various spirits he encountered in the spiritual world. Likewise in other texts, he explains the character of earthly spirits in the anatomical terms of a Microcosm.
Not a good read for the literally minded, but if you try reading more poetically, Swedenborg is really very insightful. Its similar to those who take Revelation literally; it's not a very fruitful approach.
