[All: In case you don't realize it, Swedenborgian/New Church is essentially New Age Occultic Lutheranism. First of all, it's "interesting" that DaveMSmith commented that "A person who leads a good life according to their religion has a place in heaven"--at the same time DaveMSmith neglected to tell us that Swedenborg didn't even believe that heaven (or hell) was an external reality--rather that heaven & hell are simply "within us..." Likewise, the Bible as the external Word of God was another thing "internalized" by Swedenborg, who taught it to be simply a "symbolic parable of our inner life..." Hence, Swedenborg took scissors to the Bible & cut out books like Job, Esther, Proverbs, Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles and all the NT epistles.]
Like Joseph Smith & Muhammed, Swedenborg, too, claimed to have all these discussions with angels--in Swedenborg's case, both good & evil angels. He said he engaged in astral travel & has been labeled a medium.
Did that outlandish smear make you feel better as a Christian? I hadn't heard this one -- it's certainly not from wikipedia. Care to attribute it so I can contact them?
At any rate, I stand by my beliefs and also subscribe heavily to 'Do unto others ...'