By numerous accounts, Swedenborg is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic people who ever lived. He was a man of admirable and congenial character whose prolific accomplishments and capacities practically defy any traditional categorical attempt to explain the phenomenon of his life and work. While considered by others to be a "colossus" and "a representative man", He considered himself to be a servant of the Lord, motivated to bring the spiritual meaning of the Word into the intellectual grasp of the human mind that had become closed to the essential Truths of Faith and Charity. These biographical studies shed light on the man and his work from a variety of perspectives, assisting the reader to make up his or her own mind on the validity and the value of Swedenborg's contribution to our spiritual welfare.