December 29, 2012 – 11:14 am
The following was written in response to a comment by “nate” on a post at Millennial Star which discussed the merits of the new film Les Misérables. In summary, the commenter claimed that art is “just art,” and in the end is escapism, overrated, simple entertainment, will not change your life (no matter how great [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Tidbits
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Also tagged architecture, art, boyd k. packer, brigham young, dance, design, hugh nibley, literature, media, millennial star, movie, painting, poetry, ritual, shakespeare, symbolism, technology
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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 [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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Also tagged apron, art, BYU, cap, clothing, coat, crown, dance, greece, greek, hands, harold b. lee, hugh nibley, literature, origin, photos, poem, protection, rite, robe, robes, round dance, science, tree of life, white
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March 22, 2010 – 11:35 am
Music is a fundamental part of worship, and was even more so anciently than it is today. Before the printed word made the sacred word so accessible to the masses, it was passed on from generation to generation orally. But this was not just the spoken word. In order for the word to be remembered [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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Also tagged bible, creation, hebrew, hugh nibley, hymn, initiate, Jewish, markings, marks, moses, muses, native american, poetry, prayer circle, rites, round dance, scriptures, symbols, synagogue
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August 3, 2008 – 11:36 am
One of our readers, RBiddulph, recently pointed me to a quote by Harold Bloom, a well-known literary and cultural critic who is currently a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, who once said this about Joseph Smith: I can only attribute to his genius or daemons his uncanny recovery of elements in ancient [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged death, esoteric, harold bloom, hymn, joseph smith, prophet, rituals, sacrifice, traditions, w. w. phelps
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What is Truth? I hope this will help shed some light. The living prophets of this dispensation have spoken the word of the Lord. From the “Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson” (pgs. 115-121): Truth is a glorious thing. We sing about it. “Oh say, what is truth?/’Tis the fairest gem/That the riches of worlds can [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, General Authorities
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Also tagged apostles, authority, church, exaltation, ezra taft benson, hymn, joseph smith, keys, light, organization, priesthood, principles, prophet, restoration, revelation, salvation, testimony, thomas s. monson, truth
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