September 18, 2009 – 12:05 am
I just finished Dan Brown’s latest thriller, The Lost Symbol, which was published a few days ago on September 15th. There has been a lot of anticipation surrounding this book, since 6 years have passed since the publication of his bestseller The Da Vinci Code, with 80 million copies sold worldwide to date. Many wondered [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Texts
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Also tagged ancients, baptism for the dead, baptism of the dead, bible, book, critics, Dan Brown, discussion, esoteric, historical, initiation, intelligences, mysteries, ordinances, pop culture, religion, symbolism, theosis
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In response to a comment by Rick on my post “Consecrate = ‘A Filled Hand’ in Hebrew” I did some searching to see if I could find any commentary or studies of palm up/palm down symbolism in scholarship or art. What I found was interesting. The palm up/palm down posture has a significant place in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts
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Also tagged art, blessing, buddhism, christian art, hands, heaven, hell, middle ages, renaissance, signs, symbols, tokens, uplifted hands
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March 13, 2008 – 11:04 am
Today a commenter on the site mentioned how I should include more parallels with the practices of the Masons, since that is plainly where the temple ordinances came from. And I would respond, did they? Did they really, so easily, come from the Masons? Can we dismiss Joseph as a prophet, seer, and revelator as [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship
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Also tagged ceremony, druzes, freemasons, hopi, hugh nibley, joseph smith, near east, ordinances, Practices, revelation, rites, rituals
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