Emanuel Swedenborg
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Emanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).
The Flying Machine, sketched in his notebook from 1714. The operator would sit in the middle and paddle himself through the air. p. 32, or on the video clip at 5:48 on its timeline.
Arcana Cœlestia, first edition (1749), title page
Emanuel Swedenborg's summerhouse now in Skansen which was transplanted from his Stockholm estate
Swedenborg's crypt in Uppsala Cathedral
Mysticism
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Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or hidden truths, and to human transformation supported by various practices and experiences.
Liber Divinorum Operum, or the Universal Man of St. Hildegard of Bingen, 1185 (13th-century copy)
The Appearance of the Holy Spirit before Saint Teresa of Ávila, Peter Paul Rubens
Shaman
Life of Francis of Assisi by José Benlliure y Gil