{"product_id":"gardens-of-heaven-and-earth-kristin-king-9780854481699","title":"Gardens of Heaven and Earth","description":"A unique and discursive history of gardens and their significance across a wide range of cultures, \u003ci\u003eGardens of Heaven and Earth\u003c\/i\u003e explores the meanings behind our efforts to maintain, manipulate and ornament our environment. Drawing particular inspiration from the work of the eighteenth-century Swedish philosopher and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg, this book explores the symbolism of gardens and their use--by Swedenborg and by others--as a metaphor for a model of heaven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGardens of Heaven and Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical study that investigates the nature of experience, the limitations of language and ideas of the garden as both a relationship to be experienced and as a symbolic language to be read. Discussing gardens in relation to the life and writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, this short work brings a fresh perspective to the roles that gardens have played in delighting and sustaining the human condition throughout the ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume is augmented by three black-and white-illustrations and also contains a chronology of Swedenborg's life and works, an inventory of Swedenborg's own garden in Stockholm, a bibliography, and an index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristin King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0854481699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780854481699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swedenborg Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kristin King","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013822066943,"sku":"9780854481699","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41d8721c-9571-4ac8-a476-7e2818a7109b.jpg?v=1767744984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gardens-of-heaven-and-earth-kristin-king-9780854481699","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}