As I was browsing headlines the other day, this title at LiveScience.com caught my attention: “A Politician’s Name & Face: Why a Good Match May Win Votes” How does someone’s name match their face, I wondered? As it turns out,…
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Is Your Spirit Rounded or Angular?
Tagged with: angels, Emanuel Swedenborg, faces, heaven, language, names, science, spirituality, Swedenborg, the spiritual world, vowels
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Afterlife
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Afterlife
Marriage in the Resurrection: The Deeper Meaning
Are you in a happy marriage that you hope will continue forever in heaven? Has your beloved husband or wife died, and you hope and pray that you will be able to rejoin him or her when it comes your…
Tagged with: angels, Emanuel Swedenborg, eternal marriage, heaven, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, spiritual marriage, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Didn’t Jesus Say There’s No Marriage in Heaven?
Contrary to popular belief, Jesus did not say that there’s no marriage in heaven. What he did say is that people who achieve eternal life don’t get married in the afterlife. There’s a big difference! Further, marriage in Jesus’ day…
Tagged with: angels, eternal marriage, heaven, Jesus Christ, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, spiritual marriage, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Source of the Belief that the Deceased become Angels?
In Heaven: A History (1995: Yale University Press) the authors, Drs. Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang, state that Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) had a pivotal role in bringing about a changed view of heaven, including the idea that angels are humans who have died and…
Tagged with: angels, Bernhard Lang, Colleen McDannell, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, Heaven: A History, Swedenborg, the Bible, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
Can we Keep our Friends in the Afterlife?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Maria: Ever since I encountered Swedenborg, I’ve struggled with the mechanics of the afterlife: it sounds both beautiful and terrible. I’ve been told we…
Tagged with: angels, friends, friendship, heaven, love, relationships, soulmates, the spiritual world, the world of spirits
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Will My Body be the Right Weight and Appearance in the Afterlife?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Patty: I know this may seem silly but I struggle with my weight and I’m extremely self-conscious about it. Will my body be the…
Tagged with: angels, body image, Emanuel Swedenborg, health, heaven, physical body, self-consciousness, spiritual body, spirituality, Swedenborg, wellness
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
If We Don’t Have Children while Alive, Will We Be Able to Have Children in the Afterlife?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Giselle: If we don’t have children while alive, will we be able to have children in the afterlife? Thanks for the good question, Giselle!…
Tagged with: adoption, angels, child-raising, childbirth, children, heaven, love, parenting, raising children, relationships, spirituality
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
A Short(ish) Video Course on Near-Death Experiences
Are you interested in near-death experiences, but don’t have hundreds of hours to wade through thousands of books and videos to get a solid idea of what they’re all about? Garret Weeks has done the work for you in his ongoing YouTube video series, Journey of…
Tagged with: angels, Garret Weeks, God, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, Jesus Christ, love, near-death experiences, spirituality
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
On Pluto, Atoms, and Other Things (such as Heaven) that Just Keep Getting More Complex
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto last week. And wow! What a bonanza! Before this flyby, all we had were very fuzzy images of Pluto only a few pixels wide. Because Pluto is so far away, so small, and…
Tagged with: angels, atomic theory, devils, heaven, images of Pluto, NASA, New Horizons, Pluto, science, space exploration, subatomic particles, the spiritual world
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Afterlife
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Afterlife
Is there Really a Devil? Why??
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Kayla Lynn: Dear Lee, I’ve been having a hard time discerning the rationality of the Devil. I do not fancy the idea of a…
Tagged with: angels, Christianity, demons, devils, evil, fallen angel, hell, Lucifer, Satan, the Bible, the Devil
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
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