[Magdalen] Unexpected Pleasure.

[Jay Weigel]

I didn't know that, Grace. I still have no clue what they believe, and
Marcia was certainly unable to explain it to me. Neither has my brother
been, although he's read Swedenborg pretty extensively in and among his
other theological/philosophical meanderings. (He's the family
Episco-Buddhist.)

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Helen Keller, one of my childhood heroes, was a Swedenborgian.
>
> > On Mar 4, 2015, at 3:35 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Re: Swedenborgians in Philadelphia:
> >
> > I photographed the Bryn Athryn Cathedral some years ago.
> > I got a sort of creepy feeling doing so.  I checked first with  the
> > church office, and they wanted to know who I was and what  my
> > purpose was, and then someone followed me about the entire  time
> > I was inside.
> >
> > The story of the building of this church is quite interesting.   They
> > originally hired the premier collegiate gothic architect in the  USA,
> > Ralph Adams Cram, but the wealthy Scot who was bankrolling  the
> > church (Pitcairn) disagreed with Cram at every step until  Cram
> > finally simply bowed out and they finished the building on their  own.
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
>