fiction in the fantasy genre, taking place in what Swedenborg describes as the
Ancient Church time period.”
Solomon confesses, “I’m still an introvert, and proud of it. I’m a composer,
but not very good at sight-reading music.” Other instruments he plays include
the guitar, harmonica and melodica.
Among his favorite passages of the Writings are:
• Those who have charity hardly notice the evil in another person, but
instead notice all the goods and truths that are theirs; and on their
evils and falsities they place a good interpretation. Of such a nature
are all angels, it being something they have from the Lord, who bends
everything evil into good. (Secrets of Heaven 1079.2)
• Peace has in it confidence in the Lord, that He directs all things, and
provides all things, and that He leads to a good end. (Secrets of Heaven
8455)
• It is in love that the Lord is present, and to the extent that a person has
love the Lord is present. (Secrets of Heaven 904)
• In the spiritual world where we all arrive after death, no one asks what
our faith has been or what our beliefs have been, only what our life has
been. (Divine Providence 101.3)
• Feeling the joy of someone else as joy within ourselves – that is loving.
(Divine Love and Wisdom 47)
• If we believed that – as is truly the case – everything good and true
comes from the Lord and everything evil and false comes from hell, then
we would not claim the goodness as our own and make it self-serving
or claim the evil as our own and make ourselves guilty of it. (Divine
Providence 320)
• The Divine end, which has good in view, governs everything. Nothing is
therefore allowed to happen except to the end that something good may
come out of it. (Secrets of Heaven 6489).
Solomon and Tirah live in Bryn Athyn with their
five children: Thea (12), Cirdan (11), Jaden (8), Zoe
(6) and Bram (4). Contact [email protected]
or [email protected].
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