Upcoming Events & Programs


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View the upcoming Autumn 2025 program brochure here: 
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Autumn 2025 brochure
To view the video recording of the August 28 program by Dell Rose, "Swedenborg's Paul, Part 2" click the link below to the video on our Youtube channel: 
COMING UP:
Zoom: Thursdays, November 6 and November 13 / 6–7:30 PM Central Standard Time
The Radical Reformation: Schwenckfeld & the Roots of Piety
A Four-Part Series with Dr. Drake Williams
As part of our commitment to contextualizing Swedenborg in historical movements and events, we have invited Professor Drake Williams to do a four-week deep

dive into the works of one of the Radical Reformation’s most important thinkers, Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561). Schwenckfeld’s understanding of the scriptures and the sacraments paved the way for symbolic and spiritualist interpretations of the Christian message, like Swedenborg’s, and it is important to understanding the currents that made such interpretation possible.


Zoom Room id for Part 3, Thursday, November 6,  at 6:00 PM central standard time: 558 403 3057
Password: Swedenborg


If you missed Part 1 and/or Part 2 would like to review beforehand, see the video on Youtube at:


Drake Williams serves as Minister of Theology and Mission at Central Schwenkfelder Church, the

church where he grew up. He also serves as Guest Associate Professor of New Testament at ETF-Leuven in Belgium. 

   He is the editor of “Caspar Schwenckfeld: Eight Writings on Christian Beliefs” (Pandora, 2006) and author of “Imitate Me as I Imitate Christ: Applying a Collective Memory of Jesus to  the Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 4:16 and 11:1” (Brill, 2025). He also is the organizer of the translation committee for the catechism of the first Schwenkfelder minister in America, George Weiss. Drake has a Ph.D. in New Testament from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland). He is married to Andrea, and they have three children.
Zoom: Thursday, November 20, 6–7:30 PM Central Standard Time: D'Annunzio's Fiume: Apocalypticism, Esotericism, and the Birth of Fascism, with Dell Rose
Dell Rose will discuss Gabriele D'Annunzio's occupation of Fiume (1919–1920) as a radical experiment in political myth-making. Blending esoteric symbolism, performative violence, and apocalyptic rhetoric, D'Annunzio forged a cultic micro-state that prefigured elements of Fascism. We will explore how Fiume became a laboratory for charismatic power and occult-inflected authoritarianism. 

Zoom room: Thursday, November 20,  at 6:00 PM central standard time: 558 403 3057
Password: Swedenborg


Dell Rose is program director for the Swedenborg Library. Dell holds the position of Swedenborg Doctoral Fellow with the Swedenborg Society in the United Kingdom, and he is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the Universities van Amsterdam. His research focuses on the intersection of Western esotericism and political reform, particularly with Swedenborgianism in 19th century Britain.