Altar Space: Swedenborg's Rules of Life

Be Love, Be Honest, Be Useful · Aug 9, 2026 · 7m

This week: Swedenborg’s Rules of Life

For my next installment, I’m taking you to a different part of my room — right next to my bed, by my bedside table.

This is Swedenborg’s Rules of Life. I purchased it many years ago on a visit to Bryn Athyn — it was actually a coloring page, and I colored in the designs myself and framed it. I’ve had it in my workspace, in my room, for probably over a decade now. I like keeping it close.

There’s some debate I’ve heard over the years about whether these were actually Swedenborg’s rules of life. He certainly didn’t publish and distribute them, saying…