SWEDENBORG'S
COSMOLOGY
LILLIAN G. BEEKMAN
Plate I
THE INTER-RELATION OF THE FOUR ATMOSPHERES
The relative sizes of the bullæ, as here represented, are only suggestive of their actual difference.
OUTLINES
OF
SWEDENBORG'S
COSMOLOGY
BY
LILLIAN G. BEEKMAN
BRYN ATHYN, PA.
ACADEMY BOOK ROOM
1907
ACHEY & GORRECHT
PRINTERS
LANCASTER, PA.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. The Finiting of the Infinite………………………………………. God. the only substance, and origin of all created Substances, p. r. Swedenborg's definitions of universals, p. 4. The accommodation of the In- finite to the finite, p. 7. Production of Vortex rings, p. 8. The First Natural Point, its product- ive action and essential characteristics, p. 9. The Primitives of the Spiritual Sun, p. 13. First Finites, p. 19. Second Finites, p. 20. The first Aura, p. 21. CHAPTER II. The Derivation of the First Substance of Creation…….. Resume, p. 23. The first atmosphere and it uses, p. 26. Its internal construction, p. 27. The human spirituous fluid, p. 31. The simple fibre, p. 33. The celestial cortex, p. 34. The Second or Magnetic Aura, and its bullae, p. 38. The accommodation of the Spiritual Sun. p. 41. The volumes of the Second Aura. p. 42. Discrete Degrees, p. 44. CHAPTER II T. Natural Suns and Planets………………………………………….. Third Finites and their origin, p. 54. The bullæ of the Second Aura, p. 58. Fourth Finites. p. 59. The planetary masses, p. 61. The Satellites, p. 64. | PAGE I 23 51 |
CONTENTS.
| The Sun Spots, p. 65. Further development of Planets and Satellites, p. 66. CHAPTER IV. The Natural Atmospheres and Water……………………….. The Solar Vortex, p. 72. The Active Solar Centre, p. 78. Light, p. 79. Progress of the Earths to their Orbits, p. 84. The Third Aura, or Ether, p. 86. The Fourth Aura or Air, p. 92. Origin of the Water Molecule, p. 94. CHAPTER V. Salts and the Crust of the Earth. Protoplasm ……………. The Centrifugal and the Centripetal Forces, p. 98. The Compression of the Fourth Aura. p. 100. The Primeval Ocean, p. 100. Formation of the Salt Molecule, p. 101. The Ramenta of broken Salt particles, p. 104. Primitives of Carbon, p. 104. First formation of Oils or Hydro-carbons, p. 105. Origin of the Earth-crust, p. 106. The Formative substance of the Vegetable Kingdom, p. 108. The first Seed-soil, p. 109. Corroborative Evidences, p. no. Growth of the Earth-crust, p. 1 12. Protoplasm, p. 112. Life-formative func- tions of the Ether, p. 114. Salt as the Con- junctive of Oil and Water, p. 116. Rise of Animalculate Life, p. 118. CHAPTER VI. The first Vegetative Formation, and its living Ser- | PAGE 72 98 |
CONTENTS.
| vice in preparing an Atmosphere for breathing creatures…………………………………………………………………. The Divine in ultimates, p. 121. First vege- tative forms, p. 124. Preparation of an Atmo- sphere for Breathing, p. 128. The Aerial Salt, p. 130. Its Identity with Oxygen, p. 132. Chapter VII. A Chapter in Geology……………………………………………….. Rise of floating, vegetative Land. p. 137. First ap- pearance of the Nitrogen family, p. 139. Silicon and Carbon, p. 142. Evolution of the Halogens and the Alkaline and Earthy Metals. Sweden- borg's interpretation of the succession of early Geological strata, p. 150. The Sub-saline layer, and its connection with the Upheaval of moun- tains, the action of Volcanoes, and the forma- tion of Magnetic ores, p. 154. Diluvial cause of what is misnamed Glacial Action and Glacial Drift, p. 166. The production of Metals and me- tallic Ores. p. 168. | PAGE 121 137 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Plate I. Frontispiece. Plate II. A Vortex Ring, illustrating the perpetually spiral form and interior fluxion of finites……………… Plate III. A Bulla of the First Aura…………………………………. Plate IV. A Bulla of the Second Aura…………………………….. Plate V. The Solar Vortex……………………………………………….. Plate VI. A Bulla of the Third Aura; or Ether…………………. Plate VII. A Bulla of the Fourth Aura or Aerial Elementary……………………………………………………………… Diagram, illustrating the series of Finites and Auras, and their mutual relations…………………………………….. Plate VIII. Group of nine molecules of Water………………… Plate IX. The same group, with central molecule col- lapsed…………………………………………………………………….. Plate X. The Salt Particle………………………………………………… | PAGE. 18 28 38 72 87 92 96 102 103 103 |
WORKS BY SWEDENBORG
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TITLE.
A. C.—The ARCANA CŒLESTIA.
Adv.—The ADVERSARIA.
A. E.—The APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED.
A. K.—The ANIMAL KINGDOM.
Ath. Cr.—ON THE ATHANASIAN CREED.
Chem.—The PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY.
C. L.—CONJUGIAL LOVE.
Corp. Phil.—CORPUSCULAR PHILOSOPHY.
De Fibra—ŒCONOMIA REGNI ANIMALIS, TRANSACTIO III. (London 1847).
D. Love—ON THE DIVINE LOVE, (Appendix to the APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED).
D. L. W.—The DIVINE LOVE AND WISDOM.
D. P.—The DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
D. Wis.—ON THE DIVINE WISDOM, (Appendix to (lie APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED).
Doc.—DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG, by R. L. Tafel.
E. A. K.—The ECONOMY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
H. H.—HEAVEN AND HELL.
J. Post.—The posthumous work ON THE LAST JUDGMENT. Lesser Principia—A forerunner to the PRINCIPIA.
Misc. Obs.—MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS.
On Copper—Vol. III. of OPERA PHILOSOPHICA ET MIN- ERALIA.