Walking the Angel Way

Workshop Saturday 14th May 10am – 4pm    Bournemouth Rita has facilitated Spiritual Growth workshops for many years and brings her wide life experience into this work. She has three grown-up children and four grandchildren. During the workshop we will explore how angels touch our lives, even though we are mostly unaware of their influence. Angels can … Continue reading Walking the Angel Way

What is mysticism?

The word ‘mysticism’ is used with a number of different meanings and carries different connotations to different minds.  To some it is simply a type of confused, irrational thinking.  In the popular mind it is associated with spiritualism and clairvoyance.  To some it is bound up with visions and revelations.  Others use it as a … Continue reading What is mysticism?

Heaven and hell

On Saturday 2nd April, the Swedenborg Society will launch its brand new translation of Emanuel Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell by KC Ryder, in Radcliffe, Manchester. The Swedenborg Open Learning Centre will host this celebratory event, which will also feature the re-launch of Norman Ryder’s Descriptive Bibliography of Swedenborg’s Works (Vol. 1). Refreshments will be served, … Continue reading Heaven and hell

The Master and his Emissary

A Lecture by Iain McGilchrist on the Divided Brain and the Making of the Western W0rld April 7 2011, 6.30 pm, Swedenborg Hall  London  £5.00/£3.00 concessions  For details and booking email nora@swedenborg.org.uk or tel. 02074057986 On 7th April 2011, the Swedenborg Society will be proud to present a lecture by Iain McGilchrist, a doctor, psychiatrist and writer. His recent … Continue reading The Master and his Emissary

Connecting with Nature

Walking Retreat  – the natural world around and our inner nature of spirit Friday 11 March 2011 – 19:00 to Sunday 13 March 2011 – 14:00  At Purley Chase Centre Warwickshire   Booking The weekend will be spent in gentle, medatitive, guided walks in the countryside around Purley Chase and reflective time in the garden … Continue reading Connecting with Nature

Smile or Die

Lecture on the Cerebellum and Procedural Control
by David Lister
Date: Sat, 29/01/2011 – 4:00pm
Venue: Swedenborg Hall, The Swedenborg Society, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH

David Lister will explore the modern knowledge we have about the evolution of the brain, with particular reference to the cerebellum and is functions as described by Swedenborg.

Madeleine Waller

Madeleine Waller, Artist in Residence: Shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 The Swedenborg Society are very proud to have the photographer Madeleine Waller as their current Artist in Residence. Madeleine was very recently shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010; her work Wet and Dry, Laura is one of 60 portraits chosen … Continue reading Madeleine Waller