(Continued from Part 1) Dr. Hugh Nibley’s opening remarks in his earthshaking address, “Leaders to Managers: The Fatal Shift,” given at the BYU commencement ceremony on August 19, 1983, would have fit even more perfectly in an Oxford setting. In refering to his statement in a commencement prayer he gave in 1960 in which he [...]
By Bryce Haymond
|
Posted in Practices
|
Also tagged cap, ceremony, clothing, commencement, degrees, endowment, graduation, hands, hugh nibley, initiate, mace, money, oxford, robe, test, university, vicarious
|
(Continued from Part 1, which has been updated) As I mentioned in Part 1, the more interesting aspects of the Egyptian ankh are not necessarily what it means standing alone, but how the Egyptians used it in their texts and illustrations. There are three principal ways that the Egyptians used the ankh symbol, by itself, [...]
By Bryce Haymond
|
Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
|
Also tagged anointing, baptism, breath of life, chevalier, covenant, egyptian, endowment, gheerbrant, hieroglyph, hugh nibley, immortality, initiate, isis, life, osiris, robe, secret, symbols, veil, washing, water
|
I was driving in my car on Saturday listening to a radio program called “The Other Side” with Steve Godfrey. Steve believes himself to be a psychic medium, someone through whom people can connect with loved ones who have passed on to the “other side.” I do not deny the possibility of communicating with those [...]
By Bryce Haymond
|
Posted in Practices, Texts
|
Also tagged casting out, cyril of jerusalem, devils, early christian, evil, excorcism, hinduism, islam, jews, lucifer, matthew brown, priesthood, rituals, satan, scientology, unclean spirits
|
February 18, 2008 – 3:53 pm
Since today is Presidents Day, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the inauguration of the President of the United States into office. It is rightly called an oath of office or presidential oath. Wikipedia defines such an oath: An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes [...]
DearScriptures.com