Since the recent events surrounding the seeming forgery of the Jordan Lead Codices, I thought it would be good to bring back to mind the authentic discoveries made within the last century of ancient writings on metal plates. There are literally hundreds of examples of such plates all around the world. I’m indebted to William [...]
The word guile may date back as early as the 12th century, but is not very common in our vernacular today. At first it seemed to me this might mean “lies,” but there is more to it. Webster defines it as “deceitful cunning : duplicity.” This doesn’t get us very far unless we understand those [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today, Texts
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Also tagged anointing, beguile, endowment, eve, evil, evil speaking, garden of eden, guile, initiation, meridian magazine, psalms, washing
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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, music, native american, poetry, prayer circle, rites, round dance, symbols, synagogue
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January 12, 2010 – 8:05 am
For some time I’ve been using the excellent LDS Linker WordPress plugin, developed by Joey Day, to automatically link all scripture references on TempleStudy.com directly to the Church’s online scriptures at scriptures.lds.org. It worked very well, and continues to be one of the most popular WordPress plugins for LDS bloggers to link their scripture references [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Texts, Tidbits
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Also tagged blog, blogger, bloggernacle, blogging, google, online, read, study, website, wordpress
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October 21, 2009 – 4:01 pm
I’m always looking for better ways of accessing, searching, and reading the scriptures. They are truly the words of eternal life. Whenever I hear of a new way of encountering the scriptures, I check it out. DearScriptures.com is an online version of the scriptures that now allows you to text message (SMS) or instant message [...]
