The Swedenborg Society is a publisher, library and bookshop. We organize events, lectures, and conferences, and we print a large selection of material relating to the work of the philosopher, scientist, inventor, astronomer, mathematician, parliamentary figure and visionary, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). This website offers an overview of all our activities and aims. We have a news page, and we are currently developing a forum and discussion page. A complete catalogue of Swedenborg's works can be viewed by clicking bookshop, and if you are interested in hiring a room or a hall in Bloomsbury central London, see room hire. Most of our activities and events are free, but if you become a member you will also receive a newsletter and other special privileges.
NEWS
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We are pleased to announce our next Artist in Residence, acclaimed photograher Madeleine Waller. Her Portraits of Poets were selected for the National Portrait Gallery's Photographic Portrait Exhibition in 2006 and more recently as part of its Faces of Poetry special display in 2009; her current exhibition at the London Fields Lido has also attracted much critical praise. For her residency at Swedenborg House, Madeleine would like to photograph members of the Society. These portraits will be on display as part of her residency exhibition next year. Please contact nora@swedenborg.org.uk if you would like to take part.
Swedenborg Society electronic newsletter is now available to read online! View past issues of the e-newsletter here.
Join the mailing list! The June/July e-newsletter has been sent out. It features articles on Swedenborg and the Irish literary imagination, Swedenborg and Dostoevsky, news of the John Flaxman exhibition at UCL and a review of the new edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Introducing the Mystic. Please contact nora@swedenborg.org.uk if you would like to join the mailing list.
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BOOKS
The books featured below are staff recommendations and are updated on a regular basis. If you are a member of the Society and would like to draw attention to a particular book by or about Swedenborg please let us know, and we can upload it and even buy it to sell in the bookshop. For a full index of our publications, please visit our online bookshop.
