Swedenborg Foundation Premieres New Documentary.

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Splendors Of The Spirit: Swedenborg's Quest For Insight

A New Documentary about the Great Swedish Scientist and Sage

Premieres at the New York Academy of Sciences on November 14th, 2000

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ --

Commissioned for the 150th anniversary of the Swedenborg Foundation, in 2000, this elegant and informative documentary, produced and directed by Emmy and Maggie-award winner Penny Price, explores the extraordinary life and ideas of Emanuel Swedenborg, called by renowned Zen scholar D. T. Suzuki, "the great king of ...

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