Chelsea Odhner, Jonathan Rose, PhD, and Robert Falconer, MA, are coauthors of Opening the Inner World: Spiritual Healing, Internal Family Systems, and Emanuel Swedenborg. Chelsea Odhner is vice-president of publishing for the Swedenborg Foundation. She is also an Internal Family Systems level one practitioner. Jonathan Rose is the editor of the New Century edition of the theological writings of Swedenborg. He is also author of Swedenborg’s Garden of Theology. Robert Falconer is a trainer of internal family system practitioners. He is also author of The Others Within Us.
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Here they explore the various synergies that emerge when combining the spiritual vision of Emanuel Swedenborg with the psychotherapeutic model of Internal Family Systems. A particular focus is the concept that the human psyche is porous and amenable to influences from external spiritual sources. Also of significance is an emphasis on the human body.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:08:44 Who was Swedenborg?
00:19:35 Resolving spiritual crises
00:29:15 Internal vs. external parts
00:41:47 Resistance to the spiritual
00:52:04 Self-reflection
01:02:20 The body’s organ systems
01:09:16 Internal Family Systems
01:16:19 What is the Self?
01:23:29 Conclusion
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(Recorded on April 15, 2025)
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