About the Author

Norman Ryder has worked on numerous publishing projects for the Swedenborg Society during nearly fifty years of service on its Advisory and Revision Board, including significant and patient work on the compilation of A Lexicon to the Latin Text of the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) and the English translation of Swedenborg’s Secret. Ryder is a former president of the General Conference of the New Church and the editor for the Annual Journal of the New Church Historical Society.