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Foundation Course
New Church College Correspondence Course. Uploaded with permission of Michael Stanley. Guessed date. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | England
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Appearance and Reality in the Relationship...
Theme: Swedenborg and His Influence. Session 5: Religion. Full Title: ...Between the Finite Soul and the Infinite Source. Michael Stanley is Principal of the New Church College, a Swedenborgian theological seminary in Manchester, England. With a doctorate in Physics, his career moved from research in solid state physics to philosophy, psychology, and religion and particularly to the spiritual symbolism of the Bible as set forth by Swedenborg. Dr. Stanley has particular interest in the synthesizing potential of the New Age, and of the power of Swedenborg's teachings in focusing this synthesis toward spiritual renewal. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Guided Meditation
Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. The Meadow and the Mountain: a gentle aid to restoring one's spiritual poise and strength in overcoming the inner obstacles to feeling loved and loving others. The Walker on the Water: (a meditation on Matthew 14: 22-36) a valuable means of overcoming feelings of fear, guilt or weakness, which brings the listener close to God. The introduction provides a guide to the application of the principles of spiritual symbolism to one's reading of the Gospels. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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Dynamic Patterns of Growth in the Spiritual World
Life in the Spiritual World corresponds to forms and changes perceivable in the material world, but is governed not by the laws of natural science, but by corresponding laws of the soul, since it is a projection of the soul's own states of being. These spiritual laws illustrate a spiritual ecology, based both on cycles and evolutionary developments, which mirrors the cycles of nature and our planet's evolutionary development. This lecture was first given at the College of Psychic Studies, London, in March, 1984, and draws on the experiences and analyses of Emanuel Swedenborg. (Dr. Michael Stanley - Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England.) | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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Swedenborg
Radio Programs - December 07, 1986
In three ten minute radio talks (first broadcast in 1977), Dr. Stanley (Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England) outlines Swedenborg's anticipation of modern discoveries of the inner structures of the atom, his perceptive analysis of the inner levels of the mind, and his exciting discovery of the inner spiritual levels of the Scriptures. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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The Effect of the Other World on this World
Lecture 6. The two worlds, spiritual and natural, are far more interconnected than is commonly believed. Nature's forms and individual and global events are strongly influenced by corresponding forms and events in the spiritual world. The importance and purpose of this connection is evaluated in relation to our individual lives and decisions. Dr. Stanley, Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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Laws of the Spiritual World
Lecture 5. Existence in the Spiritual World after death is governed by definite spiritual laws and conditions, which have been discovered and discussed by the scientist Swedenborg on the basis of his 27 years of direct experience in this world of the deceased. It is clear that being aware of these eternal laws is of great value and importance for our life here and now. Dr. Stanley is Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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Evidence for Life After Death
Lecture 4. After an introduction on how we do and should evaluate purported evidence for paranormal phenomena, such as visions and out of body experiences, an account is given of the recent researches into the increasing reports of Near Death Experiences. This is compared with the very full reporting of experience of a world of deceased persons by Emanuel Swedenborg. In the light of this evidence, the reasons are given why we need no longer doubt the existence of a life after death. Dr. Stanley is Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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The Healing of the Spirit
Dr. Michael Stanley is Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. Healing the spirit of spiritual sickness and disease such as jealousy or self pity is of greater importance than the healing of the body alone. It is such spiritual illnesses that are the real subject of the healing stories in the Gospels, they have their origins in a real Spiritual World of personalized spiritual forces, both good and evil. The way in which one can experience truly spiritual healing, and why this is sometimes delayed, is explained according to spiritual principles of life. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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Genesis
Lecture 2. Is the Genesis story of man's creation true, or have we evolved by chance from the apes, as the Darwinian Evolutionists claim? The answer is no in both cases, since neither is the Genesis account intended to teach us about our physical origins, nor did Darwin and his followers understand the true nature of Evolution. The book of Genesis is shown to be a parable describing the soul's birth and development in clearly defined stages, and is as true and important for us today as when it was first written. Dr. Stanley is Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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Spiral of Spiritual Evolution
Lecture 9. Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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Life After Death
The lectures in this series are intended to bring to a wider public the benefits of a better knowledge and grasp of the spiritual teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, arguably the most amazing scientist and seer of the Western world. His achievements which are extraordinarily numerous, include the first design of an aeroplane to use modern aerodynamic principles, the anticipation of the discovery that pure energy is the basis of all matter, a vision of the genetic double helix of DNA, the molecular basis of magnetism, and a sill growing number of physiological insights being confirmed by modern medical research. In 1745 at the age of 57, he found himself experience a "double awareness." In addition to continued normal consciousness of the natural world he experienced a full waking consciousness of the world of deceased persons, and an ability to live amongst them as though himself deceased. For the remaining 27 years of his natural life, he enjoyed perfect health and devoted himself to exploring and mapping the "world of spirits, heaven and hell." He kept detailed records which he analyzed in many books aimed at providing the reader with a fully rational and spiritual comprehension of the Divine, created forms, spiritual enlightenment and progression, and the beautiful spiritual symbolism of the Sacred Scriptures. In particular, his detailed exposition of the spiritual progression and retrogression of the soul after death makes the present situation and needs of the soul in this life, crystal clear. There have been many subsequent communications from the world of spirits through others, of varying quality and spirituality, but Swedenborg remains unrivaled for the sheer extent and spirituality of his "other world" explorations, and for the superbly trained and deeply penetrating mind he brought to bear in assessing and evaluating his spiritual discoveries, and in presenting the spiritual-rational pattern into which they fall. Recorded sometime in 1982. Dr. Michael Stanley was originally trained and carried out research in the sciences of physics, crystallography, metallurgy and the solid state. He left scientific research to undergo training in the spiritual teachings of Swedenborg. He has led groups in Mauritius and Lancashire, and given lectures in Australia and America, and is now the Principal of the New Church College in Manchester, England. Contact the New Church College in Manchester for a catalog. | By Dr. Michael Stanley | Manchester, England
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