@RD4Anarchy
re: "human nature",
Please permit me to suggest that what makes humans special is the freedom and rationality to *choose* .....
#Swedenborg
.... and the consciousness capable of discerning options and alternatives from which to choose ....
.... and a capacity for imagination, from which to formulate new options.
The Two Things That Make Up a Spiritual Life https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_QDeHIMq_j0
Generally a fan of John Roger's walks in and through London (and elsewhere), but this one's a special gem.
On the tracks of Emanuel Swedenborg together with Ian Sinclair and Stephen McNeilly from the Swedenborg Society
#swedenborg #london #psychogeography
What is the love of God? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqfpLjwlSy8 (video length 36:02)
Emmanuel #Swedenborg, einer der bedeutendsten & stilprägenden Geisterseher*innen des 18. Jahrhunderts, ist heute vor 335 Jahren geboren worden. Vieles, was er so gedacht & geschrieben hat, kommt uns heute sehr schräg vor, aber sein Traumtagebuch, das er während seiner Transformation vom Ingenieur & Wissenschaftler zum Visionär geführt hat, ist ziemlich interessant, genauso wie die Editionsgeschichte.
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-erotic-dreams-of-emanuel-swedenborg
During the time of his "spiritual awakening" in 1744 the scientist and philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg kept a dream diary. Richard Lines looks at how, among the heavenly visions, there were also erotic dreams, the significance of which has been long overlooked.
Hello Mastodons. I'm a Japanese, studying #psychology at The Open University of Japan (#放送大学, #ouj) while working in the publishing industry. I'd love to pursue graduate studies.
My interests: history of psychical research and #parapsychology / #WilliamJames / C.G. #Jung / E. #Swedenborg / #ReligiousPsychology / #Mythology / #CulturalAnthropology
My dream: Owner of the Japanese branch of the #MetaphysicalClub
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