Performance + Exhibition + Book Launch | 19 July 2012 | 6.30 – 9 pm | Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH, UK SEVERAL CLOUDS COLLIDING (Swedenborg Archive/Book Works, 2012) will be launched at Swedenborg House on 19 July 2012, accompanied by a new performance by IAIN SINCLAIR and BRIAN CATLING. 6.30 pm: … Continue reading Several Clouds Colliding
~ exploring the personal significance of the images in the book of Revelation Swedenborg House 20 – 21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH Friday 13th July 2012 6.30 – 8.30pm Cost £10 (£8 concs.) The Book of Revelation has inspired many interpretations over the 2,000 years or so of its existence. Its vivid images lend … Continue reading Apocalypse Journey
A Storytelling Performance for Children | Saturday 14 July 2012 | Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH | Free Admission The firebird, or phoenix, is a vivid and re-occurring image in myths and fairytales throughout the world. This brilliant bird has magical powers, helps those in trouble, knows all the languages, and at … Continue reading Tales from the Firebird
Swedenborg House 20 – 21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH Thursday 6th July 6.30 – 8.30pm Cost £10 (£8 concs.) I wonder if you have an awareness of the influence of angelic energies in your life. Many people in crisis and near to death relate angelic experiences of beings of light bringing feelings of love … Continue reading Angelic Ways Workshop
Exhibition of paintings by Roland Smith Also talk & film screening Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH | 12 – 5 pm Saturday 23rd June 2012 The Swedenborg Society, although a secular organization, has long enjoyed a strong relationship with the ‘Swedenborgian’ Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church (est. 1787). On Saturday … Continue reading Apocalypse of John
Purley Chase Spiritual Centre Warwickshire 29th June to 1st July 2012 This weekend residential event focuses on mindfulness. This is suitable for anyone who is aware of being sometimes surrounded by disharmony and problems. Who wants to experience feeling less disconnected, drained, or distressed by what goes on around them. What is mindfulness? Through mindfulness … Continue reading Mindfulness Residential Weekend Workshop
Poetry reading with Ali Smith | 24 May 2012 | Swedenborg Hall, London The Mexican ‘Sun Poet’ and pioneering environmental activist Homero Aridjis has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and numerous awards. Aridjis is a poet on the world stage whose work has been translated into 15 languages and a longtime reader of Swedenborg, and we … Continue reading Homero Aridjis Poetry Reading
On the 14th May, there will be a ‘collaborative event’ with curator Gareth Evans and Soda Pictures. The Swedenborg Society will present a very special screening in Swedenborg Hall of Patience (After Sebald), the new feature documentary on the writer WG Max Sebald. The film’s award-winning director Grant Gee and the author Christopher Woodward will discuss Patience afterwards, and … Continue reading Patience (After Sebald)
On 10th May 2012, the wonderful writer and storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton will return to Swedenborg Hall, for her second artist residency performance. Eros & Psyche is a storytelling performance for adults, inspired by Ancient Greek mythology and philosophy. Emanuel Swedenborg was arguably influenced by Platonic ideas, and it is these which Sally hopes to … Continue reading Eros and Psyche
No Greater Love (Michael Whyte, 2012) Swedenborg Hall Film Screening + Director’s Q&A | Swedenborg Hall | 17 April 2012 The Swedenborg Society is pleased to present No Greater Love, a film by Michael Whyte. The screening will take place in the unique atmosphere of grade II listed Swedenborg Hall, on the edge of Bloomsbury, … Continue reading No Greater Love