Stepping Stones courses
These Swedenborg stepping stones courses are short and free. They offer a taste of the ideas offered in the books of spiritual philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg.
Whatever our religious or non-religious background, we can all benefit from growing awareness and understanding of the deeper side of life.
Many people have found a treasure trove in Swedenborg’s framework of thought. One that provides both meaning and hope for coping with a difficult and complex world.
Connecting with difficult people
This course is for anyone interested in dealing with difficulties encountered when communicating with other people. It aims to present some relevant insights from Swedenborg about relationships linked to current ideas in the field of psychology.
Swedenborg’s relevance to universal spirituality
Each person sets off starting with their own inherited pre-disposition, home upbringing, social background, religious culture. This short course however explores the possibility, shown in Emanuel Swedenborg’s universal ideas, that whatever inner path we journey along in life, it can be seen as one leading in the same direction.
What’s in store for me after death
This short course looks at human consciousness that transcends time and place. In describing the visionary experiences of Emanuel Swedenborg and others, it explores inner experience of death survival in terms of human contact, ethics of character development and personal happiness.
How to link with love & light
This course introduces the perspective of Swedenborgian spirituality on the subject of the human aspect of transcendence.
Students may have doubts about the existence of God but nevertheless be interested in the possibility of love and light as a universal force within themselves.
Why life is so unfair
The struggle to find a compelling argument, for the existence of both pain and disease and a loving powerful God, puts many people off religion.
The course introduces Swedenborg’s thought regarding self-centredness, the role of unfair suffering in personal growth, and the need for a balance of good and bad influences on the human mind. Reasons for not supposing life is futile but rather has a divine providence in all things.
