“The human mind is like soil which is such as it is made by cultivation.”

Read along: Swedenborg's Heaven and Hell, chs. 34 - 40 ("Marriages in Heaven")

Hi Friends,

I was thinking that one might occasionally wonder what exactly the broader purpose of these newsletters is, how they relate in a meaningful way to the affairs of our contemporary world. What do 19th century anarchists, 18th century Swedish mystics, centuries-old philosophers and poets have to offer to our time? I sometimes think of our world …