Saturday 13th November 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2TH.
This conference, held in the bicentenary year of the Swedenborg Society, hopes to provide a contemporary overview of Emanuel Swedenborg and his enduring influence as a major influence on Western culture.
Lars Bergquist on ‘Swedenborg and European Literature’.
Lars Bergquist is a writer and former diplomat. He was Swedish Ambassador to Beijing and to the Vatican. He was the President of the National Council for Culture, Sweden 1993-7,
Professor Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke on ‘Emanuel Swedenborg and Ancient Theology’
Professor Nicholas Goodrick-Clark BA DPhil (Oxon) is Chair of Western Esotericism at Exeter University and Director of the Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO) in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Very Revd Alex Wedderspoon on ‘What might Swedenborg have made of the New Visions of Reality emerging from Quantum Theory?’
The Very Revd Alex Wedderspoon was educated at Westminster School and Jesus College, Oxford. Following National Service in the Royal Artillery he was ordained and later became a lecturer in Religious education in the University of London and Education advisor to the Church of England Board of Education. Posts held include Priest in Charge of St Margaret’s Westminster, Canon Residentiary of Winchester Cathedral, Vice Dean of Winchester and Dean of Guilford.
Dr Peter Fenwick on ‘Death and Dying: Swedenborg and Modern Research’
Dr. Peter Fenwick is Emeritus Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital and Honourary Consultant Neurophysiologist, St Thomas’s Hospital. He is President of the Scientific and Medical Network and President of the Horizon Foundation.
