Hugh Nibley once made this audacious claim: “All the arts and sciences began at the temple. Dance, music, architecture, sculpture, drama, and so forth – they all go back to the temple”. The more I learn, the more I am convinced of that statement. My mind returns again to posts I’ve written in the past about [...]
William Hamblin and Daniel C. Peterson have a regular religion column in the Deseret News. Their latest article is entitled “Pilgrimage: A sacred journey in search of God.” They point out that many religions have their own types of pilgrimages towards a holy place, shrine, or temple, where the pilgrim seeks to connect with God. [...]
A couple days ago my mind returned to some posts I made back in the infancy of TempleStudy.com in 2008. These posts were about the commencement exercises at Oxford University. Now that seems quite odd, doesn’t it? What would commencement exercises have anything to do with the temple? Well let me tell you. The Oxford [...]
I saw this painting online today, and thought it was a striking representation of the dedication of
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