A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophy
My article discusses the influence of Emanuel- Swedenborg on a Finnish female author, Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) through one of Bergroth’s novels Eläviä ja kuolleita (‘The Living and the Dead’, 1945). Bergroth was a prolific author with an anthroposophical bent, and an admirer of German idealism. I...
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| description | My article discusses the influence of Emanuel- Swedenborg on a Finnish female author, Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) through one of Bergroth’s novels Eläviä ja kuolleita (‘The Living and the Dead’, 1945). Bergroth was a prolific author with an anthroposophical bent, and an admirer of German idealism. In this particular novel Bergroth refers explicitly to Swedenborg and the story discloses a number of Swedenborgian themes: the doctrine of correspondences; a world divided into material, spiritual, and divine realms; and communication with the spirits of the dead. As Bergroth was an active member of the anthroposophical movement, I will also consider the route, spread, and place of Swedenborg’s ideas within anthroposophy and theosophy in the twentieth century. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff8b3067d40b4f24b3f916beb50b97702022-12-21T19:11:21ZengDonner InstituteApproaching Religion1799-31212018-04-018110.30664/ar.66723A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophyTiina Mahlamäki0University of TurkuMy article discusses the influence of Emanuel- Swedenborg on a Finnish female author, Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) through one of Bergroth’s novels Eläviä ja kuolleita (‘The Living and the Dead’, 1945). Bergroth was a prolific author with an anthroposophical bent, and an admirer of German idealism. In this particular novel Bergroth refers explicitly to Swedenborg and the story discloses a number of Swedenborgian themes: the doctrine of correspondences; a world divided into material, spiritual, and divine realms; and communication with the spirits of the dead. As Bergroth was an active member of the anthroposophical movement, I will also consider the route, spread, and place of Swedenborg’s ideas within anthroposophy and theosophy in the twentieth century.https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/66723Emanuel SwedenborgKersti BergrothAnthroposophyliteraturecorrespondence |
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| title | A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophy |
| title_full | A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophy |
| title_fullStr | A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophy |
| title_full_unstemmed | A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophy |
| title_short | A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophy |
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| topic | Emanuel Swedenborg Kersti Bergroth Anthroposophy literature correspondence |
| url | https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/66723 |
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