Psy 459 Generation 24: 5/1/06

Psy 459 Generation 24: 5/1/06

The Grand Spiritual Societies

By Sheena Haberlin

6.3.1.1.1 (XIV) The Grand Human and the Grand Monster

Dr. Leon James, Textbook of Theistic Psychology, published on the web at http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy24/459-g24-lecture-notes.htm

Instructor: Dr. Leon James

1. The Grand Human And The Grand Monster.

A. According to Swedenborg, the Grand Human is God. Swedenborg was a dual citizen, therefore he was able to see God and described him as a Perfect Human. Although, he appears to be perfect he has both male and female parts. With a closer view, Swedenborg was able to see that parts of the Grand Human body revealed heavenly cities.

B. Swedenborg also saw the Grand Monster, and the Grand monster contained parts of its body that revealed hellish cities and dwellings. Everything that the Grand Human knows reaches the Grand Monster in our minds. The Grand Monster is therefore the evil temptations we are born with.

2. Spiritual Geography=Mental Biology.

A. Swedenborg’s ability to travel through the natural and spiritual world from age 57 to 82, enabled him to describe the spiritual societies.

B. Swedenborg revealed in his writings that the spiritual world is exactly like the mental world. However, your mind cannot be found in time and space when you are in the spiritual world because mental organs are not material they are spiritual (outside of time and space).

3. When a spirit enters the spiritual world, everyone in that society is enlightened. In other words, when a person is resuscitated in the spiritual world after death of the physical world each spirit in the spiritual world acknowledges the newcomer. However, it does not happen instantly rather it is a wave of communication through the societies within the spiritual world. This continues until it reaches the society of the Grand Human. This is purposefully done by the Divine Human in order to keep the human race collectively together.

This site is great for those who want to understand more about Divine Love and Wisdom. This relates to my topic of the Grand Human because the Grand Human created everything in every world because of Divine Love.

2. http://www.revealingtruthnow.com/?OVRAW=Spiritual%20Geography&OVKEY=spiritual&OVMTC=advanced

This site gives you and idea of what enlightenment is from their perspective. It uses enlightenment for self-help and for self-realization. It has links such as “handbook for enlightenment” and “Spiritual Phenomenon”.

3. http://www.faithquest.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=6

The site named Divine-Human Dialogue and the Nature of God, discusses God’s responses to prayers. The importance of prayer is the focus of this site. This article also adds that God is omnipotent and that there is divine eternity and spiritual human interaction in the afterlife.

My Home Page:

459 (Thursday): www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/459s2006/yourfolder/haberlin-outline1.htm

Class Home Page for Psy 459 Spring 2006:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy24/classhome-g24.htm