Emanuel Swedenborg, Secret Agent on Earth and in Heaven: Jacobites, Jews, and Freemasons in early modern Sweden (The Northern World, Vol. 55)

Drawing on unpublished diplomatic and Masonic archives, this study reveals the career of Emanuel Swedenborg as a secret intelligence agent for Louis XV and the pro-French, pro-Jacobite party of “Hats” in Sweden. Utilizing Kabbalistic meditation techniques, he sought political intelligence on earth and in heaven. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) Won Fame And Infamy As A Natural Scientist And Visionary Theosopher, But He Was Also A Master Intelligencer, Who Served As A Secret Agent For The French King, Louis Xv, And The Pro-french, Pro-jacobite Party Of Hats In Sweden. This Study Draws Upon Unpublished Diplomatic And Masonic Archives To Place His Financial And Political Actitivities Within Their National And International Contexts. It Also Reveals The Clandestine Military And Masonic Links Between The Swedish Hats And Charles Edward Stuart (bonnie Prince Charlie), Providing New Evidence For The Prince's Role As Hidden Grand Master Of The Order Of The Temple. Swedenborg's Usage Of Kabbalistic Meditative And Interpretative Techniques And His Association With Hermetic And Rosicrucian Adepts Reveal The Extensive Esoteric Networks That Underlay The Exoteric Politics Of The Supposedly Enlightened Eighteenth Century, Especially In The Troubled Northern World Of Sweden And Scotland.--p. [4] Of Cover. Chapter 1 The Swedberg Family In Uppsala: Philo-semitism And The Gothic Kabbalah, 1688-1710 14 -- Chapter 2 Swedenborg In London: Under Hanoverian Storm Clouds, 1710-1713 37 -- Chapter 3 Intrigues On The Continent: The Rosicrucian Ros And The Jacobite Rose, 1713-1715 68 -- Chapter 4 The Nordic Temple Of Solomon: Architecture Of Wisdom Or War, 1715-1719 100 -- Chapter 5 Swedenborg And The Jacobite Diaspora: Defeat And Depression, 1719-1727 140 -- Chapter 6 The International Masonic Chess Board: New Players In The Expanding Global Game, 1727-1734 177 -- Chapter 7 Paris And La Maçonnerie Nouvelle: Illuminated Knights And The Écossais Crusade, 1735-1738 213 -- Chapter 8 Italy And La Maçonnerie Magique: In The Service Of Three Kings, 1738-1739 253 -- Chapter 9 On The Threshold In Holland, England, And Sweden: The Sacred Temple Of The Brain, 1739-1743 289 -- Chapter 10 The Internal Man Externalized: From Spiritual To Temporal Warfare, 1743-1744 328 -- Chapter 11 Restoring The Temple: London, Edinburgh, And Jerusalem, 1744-1745 360 -- Chapter 12 Losing The Temple: Culloden And Stockholm, 1745-1747 396 -- Chapter 13 Jacobites, Masons, And Jews: Citizens Of Earth Or Of Heaven, 1747-1749 429 -- Chapter 14 The Quest For Soleil D'or. Masonic And Rosicrucian Politics, 1749-1754 463 -- Chapter 15 Of The Royal Arch And Arch Rogues: Kabbalistic Calculators And Political Negotiators, 1754-1760 503 -- Chapter 16 The Earthly And Heavenly Intelligencer: Shifting Alliances And Illuminist Politics, 1760-1763 542 -- Chapter 17 Milord Rosbif Versus The Secret Du Roi: Hanoverian Challenges To Swedish Freemasonry, 1763-1766 578 -- Chapter 18 Temple Of Wisdom Or Brothel Of Perversion? Virile Potency Versus Political Impotency, 1766-1768 614 -- Chapter 19 Ambassador From Heaven And Financier On Earth: Laying Up Treasures Above And Below, 1768-1769 644 -- Chapter 20 Interpreting The Hieroglyphics: Political, Technological, And Masonic Espionage, 1769 669 -- Chapter 21 Partisan Persecution And Rosicrucian Ecumenicism: The King's Spirit And The Queen's Spiritus Familiaris, 1770-1771 694 -- Chapter 22 A Final Act In The Diplomatic Theater: Partition Of Poland, Salvation Of Sweden, 1771-1772 726. By Marsha Keith Schuchard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 8 Preface 12 Acknowledgements 18 Abbreviations 20 Introduction Emanuel Swedenborg and “The Troubles of the North”: An Historical Overview 22 Chapter One The Swedberg Family in Uppsala: Philo-Semitism and the Gothic Kabbalah, 1688–1710 35 Chapter Two Swedenborg in London: Under Hanoverian Storm Clouds, 1710–1713 58 Chapter Three Intrigues on the Continent: The Rosicrucian Ros and the Jacobite Rose, 1713–1715 89 Chapter Four The Nordic Temple of Solomon: Architecture of Wisdom or War, 1715–1719 121 Chapter Five Swedenborg and the Jacobite Diaspora: Defeat and Depression, 1719–1727 161 Chapter Six The International Masonic Chess Board: New Players in the Expanding Global Game, 1727–1734 198 Chapter Seven Paris and La Maçonnerie Nouvelle: Illuminated Knights and the Écossais Crusade, 1735–1738 234 Chapter Eight Italy and La Maçonnerie Magique: In the Service of Three Kings, 1738–1739 274 Chapter Nine On the Threshold in Holland, England, and Sweden: The Sacred Temple of the Brain, 1739–1743 310 Chapter Ten The Internal Man Externalized: From Spiritual to Temporal Warfare, 1743–1744 349 Chapter Eleven Restoring the Temple: London, Edinburgh, and Jerusalem, 1744–1745 381 Chapter Twelve Losing the Temple: Culloden and Stockholm, 1745–1747 417 Chapter Thirteen Jacobites, Masons, and Jews: Citizens of Earth or of Heaven, 1747–1749 450 Chapter Fourteen The Quest for Soleil d’Or: Masonic and Rosicrucian Politics, 1749–1754 484 Chapter Fifteen Of the Royal Arch and Arch Rogues: Kabbalistic Calculators and Political Negotiators, 1754–1760 524 Chapter Sixteen The Earthly and Heavenly Intelligencer: Shifting Alliances and Illuminist Politics, 1760–1763 563 Chapter Seventeen “Milord Rosbif ” versus the Secret du Roi: Hanoverian Challenges to Swedish Freemasonry, 1763–1766 599 Chapter Eighteen Temple of Wisdom or Brothel of Perversion? Virile Potency versus Political Impotency, 1766–1768 635 Chapter Nineteen Ambassador from Heaven and Financier on Earth: Laying up Treasures Above and Below, 1768–1769 665 Chapter Twenty Interpreting the Hieroglyphics: Political, Technological, and Masonic Espionage, 1769 690 Chapter Twenty-One Partisan Persecution and Rosicrucian Ecumenicism: The King’s Spirit and the Queen’s Spiritus Familiaris, 1770–1771 715 Chapter Twenty-Two A Final Act in the Diplomatic Theater: Partition of Poland, Salvation of Sweden, 1771–1772 747 Epilogue The Royal Art of Masonic Kingship: From Stuart Exile to Swedish Restoration, 1688–1788 770 Bibliography 782 Index 810 ISSN,1569-1462,9789004183124 BRILL NV