Theos-Talk Archives (March 1998 Message tt00130)

" The Brothers of Light was    founded in Florence in 1498, this Order
was still alive in the 18th century, numbering among its memmbers such
men as Paschalis, Cagliostro, Swedenborg and St. Germain." *****This was
taken from The Great Theosophist series 1923 to 1938 from THEOSOPHY
magazine. If I come across more infomation I'II forward to you.
							Spencer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jeff Needle" <jeff.needle@general.com>
> Sent:	Monday, March 16, 1998 5:52 PM
> Subject: Swedenborg
>
> Hello, all.  I don't think I've ever posted publicly here before;
> I've been lurking for a long time, and enjoying the discussions.
> I am Swedenborgian, and have wondered what feeling there is about
> any connection Emanuel Swedenborg might have had with Theosophy.
> At least one secular biography of Swedenborg called him a
> theosophist; I've never seen any support for this before.
>
> Does anyone around here have any ideas?
>
> Thanks!