Hello! Welcome to Psychic Teachers, your podcast for Seekers, Lightworkers, Mystics and Magical

Thinkers. I'm your host Samantha Faye, and I'm Deb Bowen. And we're so happy that you've joined

us today. We are going to spend the hour talking about Emmanuel Sweetenburg. You all might have

heard of him, I think most of us have. He is a mystic from the 1600s. I spent the holiday diving

into who this man is. I've read several of his books, but I decided to read his biography.

A lot of the research I did is based on a biography that was written about him by one of the

founding members of Blondie. Debbie Harry? Not Debbie Harry, no, Gary. I just think it's so cool that

you know this awesome cool rocker is also super into spirituality and all things metaphysical. So I

will mention that book throughout the show and some other references that you all can turn to.

But let me just dive in by giving you some background on Emmanuel Sweetenburg. He's often

referred to as the Scandinavian Da Vinci. He was born on January 29, 1688 to a wealthy family in

Sweden. His father, Jasper, was a professor of theology. He was very smart, serious, pious,

and focused on making sure everyone knew it. You know the type. He knows God and he's going to

teach you all about it. There you go. So that's how Emmanuel was raised. But the time his dad died

when Swedenburg was 47 and had already achieved much success as a scientist. His dad hadn't shown

any interest where pride in his son's work. One biographer described his dad as self-righteous,

self-occupied, and self-deceived. For example, how did you like to receive this as a Christmas gift?

Jasper wrote his biography, a staggering 1,012 pages, and presented it to his children as a gift.

Yikes. Yeah. Now, Emmanuel's mother died when he was eight. His father soon remarried another wealthy

woman who by all accounts was incredibly kind and loving. So he had a good upbringing. He was very

smart as a child and began taking university classes when he was just 11 years old. As a child,

he often spoke of unseen playmates that he called the boys in the garden. His parents were shocked by

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