Swedenborg kept a journal of experiences during the years of his theological period. Accounts of the nature and inhabitants of the spiritual world run throughout this multi-volume record. However, the diary also contains many comments on religious doctrines and principles, most of which are developed more fully in other works, particularly the Arcana. The diary apparently served Swedenborg as a storehouse of thoughts and impressions from which he drew in preparing his published works, in a manner similar to the way in which Emerson and others have made use of personal journals.
史威登堡在蒙召后，一直将他的灵界经历记录下来，对灵界的属性和居民的描述贯穿了这套多卷本的记录中。然而，日记中也包含了许多对宗教教义和原则的评论，其中大部分在他的其它作品中得到了更充分的发展，特别是在《属天的奥秘》中。很显然，这些日记成为史威登堡思想和印象的宝库，以备他出版其它作品的不时之需，其方式与爱默生和其他人利用个人日记的方式类似。
这些日记共5卷，6110节，内容极为丰富。从2020年开始，一滴水姊妹摘译了前600节。欢迎有感动的肢体参与翻译事工。