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“The innocence of children is not genuine innocence”

“The innocence of children is not genuine innocence”

Read along: Heaven and Hell, Chs. 27 - 33 (“The Conjunction of Heaven with the Human Race”)

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Oct 03, 2021
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Hi Friends,

Hope all is well. After today, we will have reached the midpoint in our examination of Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell and will take an intermission before continuing on to the second half. Our interpretation has focused on the psychological dimensions of the work, which, from my casual review of the various contemporary commentaries that exist …

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