Helen Keller

How I Would Help the World Helen Keller 1st edition

This essay by Helen Keller is a paean of praise to Emanuel Swedenborg, the Swedish seer, who had a profound influence on her spiritual life. In it she talks about the importance of love and truth in a world filled with materialism and selfishness, and the joy that comes from true understanding. Her great advice on how she would help the world is to have people read Swedenborg's writings and thereby overcome the many problems of the human condition. She states, "Were I but capable of interpreting to others one-half of the stimulating thoughts and noble sentiments that are buried in Swedenborg's writings, I should help them more than I am ever likely to in any other way. It would be such a joy to me if I might be the instrument of bringing Swedenborg to a world that is spiritual deaf and blind."

Her words are interwoven with photographs of her life and quotes from Swedenborg on spiritual topics. This book will be a treasure for many readers who already know and respect Helen Keller and will be an inspiration for those who do not.