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  1. Great post. Personally, I see the Celestial room as the PERFECT place to discuss the temple endowment and have enjoyed many quiet conversations with friends there. What other place is there, if not the Celestial room, to discuss the endowment with the required depth and specificity not offered elsewhere?

  2. I think it is more than we don’t talk about the Temple because we keep it as a sacred secret. Rather, I think we don’t know how to talk about the Temple, so we use its sacred nature as a cover for our own ignorance. Case in point? This very blog. At first I was excited by the prospect of having an entire blog dedicated to the subject, but have not been completely impressed. Instead of discussing the Temple, it has become a regurgitation of what others have said about the Temple.

    My favorite book on the subject is “The Gates of Heaven” by Brown where I learned more about the Temple than any other source besides Nibley. Oh, and you cannot have a proper education about the Temple without reading “Temple and the Cosmos” by Nibley. Believe it or not, if I was to recommend any non-Mormon book that illuminates the Temple it would be “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” by Joseph Campbell. I listed a few others must read books when I had a short series on understanding the Temple at my own blog.

  3. yea, I can see how that can be frustrating. Again, I think that goes back to not knowing how to talk about the Temple when there are restrictions. Not that I know how to talk about it either, but I have tried to internalize the discussion with myself. Topics I have been thinking over:

    1. The meaning and practical use of Covenant ritual.
    2. Understanding our spirtual journey by understanding the Temple.
    3. Individual, Familial, and Communal salvation made possible by the Atonement.
    4. Taking on the name of Jesus with symbolism.
    5. How the Temple and Scripture teach each other.

    Just with I had the time and talent to put these and other thoughts down on paper.

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