Tag Archives: creation

Nüwa and Fuxi in Chinese Mythology: Compass & Square

If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for email alerts or subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for reading!Hugh Nibley gave a lecture in 1975 on “Sacred Vestments” which was later transcribed and included in the collected works volume Temple and Cosmos (pgs. 91-132).  The entire paper is fascinating, and highly [...]

Another Video Preview of the New Twin Falls Temple

Here is another media preview of the new Twin Falls Temple that comes from Local News channel 8 in Idaho Falls and Pocatello Idaho. It gives more details concerning the murals in the garden room, painted by Rexburg artist Leon Parson. Parson skillfully included the Idaho Shoshone Falls in the depiction of the [...]

The Genesis of the Round Dance - Part 5

(Continued from Part 4)
Religion and Dance
Many scholars have described dance in terms of religion. Kraus describes it among the ancients as being used “as a means of communication with the forces of nature - for becoming one with the gods,” and as “a major form of religious ritual . . . a means of worship”. [...]

1 Nephi 1:1 - Temple Symbolism

This first scripture is, no doubt, the most read scripture in all the Church, and possibly the most read from the LDS canon outside of the Church. Members of the Church have all read this scripture over and over as they begin reading the Book of Mormon and recommit to daily scripture study and finishing [...]