Reference conventions and abbreviations

Swedenborg indexed each paragraph of his writings with a number for easy reference, e.g. “Divine Providence 33” or “DP33” means: paragraph number 33 in a work called Divine Providence. His works are usually referred to by the following abbreviations in brackets with their publication dates:

• Journal of Dreams (JD, 1743-1744)
• Worship and Love of God (WLG, 1745)
• The Word Explained, also known as Adversaria (WE, 1746-1747)
• The Spiritual Diary (SD, 1747-1765)
• Arcana Caelestia, also known as Heavenly Secrets (AC or HS, 1749-1756)
• Earths in the Universe (EU, 1758)
• Heaven and Hell (HH, 1758)
• The Last Judgment (LJ, 1758)
• The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine (HD or NJHD, 1758)
• The White Horse of the Apocalypse (WH, 1758)
• The Apocalypse Explained (AE, 1759)
• The Athanasian Creed (Ath, 1760)
• The Internal Sense of the Prophets and Psalms (PP, 1761)
• On the Divine Love (Div.Love 1762)
• On the Divine Wisdom (Div.Wis. 1763)
• The Four Doctrines: The Lord (Lord, 1763); Sacred Scriptures (SS, 1763); Life (Life, 1763); Faith (Faith, 1763)
• Continuation of the Last Judgment (LJ Cont, 1763)
• Divine Love and Wisdom (DLW, 1763)
• Divine Providence (DP, 1764)
• Charity (Charity, 1766)
• Apocalypse Revealed (AR, 1766)
• Conjugial Love, also known as Marriage Love (CL, 1768)
• Brief Exposition of the Doctrine of the New Church (BE, 1769)
• Soul-Body Interaction (SBI, 1769)
• True Christian Religion also known as True Christianity (TCR or TC, 1771)
• The Coronis (Cor, 1771)
• Answers to Nine Questions (9Q, 1771)

Reading and study guides

• Beginner’s guide for Swedenborg reading and study
• A guide to the enjoyment of Swedenborg by Wilson van Dusen
• Presenting Swedenborg, A Roadmap for Readers by Julian Duckworth
• Swedenborg on… (an anthology) by Julian Duckworth

Lending library catalogue, Shop Catalogue, Swedenborg Centre (Roseville)

Items marked as reference may only be studied at the Centre due to their age, rarity, frequent use, or expense

• Library catalogue
• Swedenborg Centre Roseville publications for sale

Free lecture transcripts, booklets & articles

These materials are free for you to enjoy and are listed below in this order:

• NEW - Spiritual Journey six part booklet series (suggest doing one per month)
• Pamphlets introducing the main works of Swedenborg
• Brochures about Swedenborgian themes
• Brochures introducing practices and guidance to spiritual growth
• Digital books and booklets on Swedenborg-related themes from various authors
• Transcripts of YouTube clips
• The Swedenborg Program radio scripts of Ian Arnold

Spiritual Journey 6 part series introducing Swedenborg spiritual teachings

• NEW - Spiritual Journey six part booklet series and overview (suggest doing one per month)

Pamphlets introducing the main works of Swedenborg

Brochures about Swedenborgian themes

Brochures introducing practices and guidance to spiritual growth

Digital books and booklets on Swedenborg-related themes from various authors

Transcripts of YouTube clips

The Swedenborg Program radio scripts of Ian Arnold

To check the list of radio scripts, you can

click here for a list by topic,

or click here for a list of articles.

Rev Doug Taylor, during his pastorate at the Hurstville Society of the New Church, emphasized outreach through radio broadcasting, with his interest in mass media dating back to a TV appearance in 1961. He produced his first weekly Australian 15 minute radio programs in 1966, and a second series ran from 1968 until 1974. To listen to some of these early broadcasts, visit here. By the time Doug left Sydney he had delivered 323 broadcasts based on 150 scripts, which led to the establishment of study groups. Funding for these broadcasts was at first from Bryn Athyn but later funds came from a legacy from Dr William Moore, which supported the promotion of the New Church teachings. After Rev Taylor’s departure, Rev Bernard Willmott and later Rev Ian Arnold continued the radio outreach, with Ian producing more than 130 broadcasts on Sydney radio station 2KY. This program, reaching an estimated 10,000 listeners, eventually shifted to 2SER in 1981. Ian, along with Neville Jarvis, co-presented the program into the 1980s. The surviving scripts are available below. Ian Arnold also served as Principal of The New Church College in Manchester, Britain, and Principal of the Australian New Church College until 2009, and as Pastor to the Brisbane Society of the New Church from 2002 until his retirement. We hope you enjoy the material below.

Recent new additions of digitised talks, booklets and leaflets

Look for the word “NEW” before titles on the above lists.