Emanuel Swedenborg

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Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) var svensk naturforsker, filosof og mystiker. Kendt er hans korrespondancelære om vekselvirkningen mellem det jordiske og det hinsidige og hans dermed sammenhængende mystik-allegoriske bibeludlægning. I foråret 1743 bevilgedes Swedenborg et par års tjenestefrihed fra sit arbejde i bjergværksvæsenet, for at han i udlandet kunne færdiggøre sit medicinske og naturfilosofiske værk Regnum animale. Den dagbog han begyndte under denne rejse, udgør begyndelsen til Drømmebogen. Fra at bestå af upersonlige notitser om rejsetidspunkter og seværdigheder ændrer den – efter nogle manglende sider – fuldstændig karakter og bliver til et unikt dybdepsykologisk og religiøst dokument. Bogen genudgives i Hans Reitzels Forlags serie Klassikere og udkom første gang på dansk i 1999.