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Ascent to the Mountain of the Lord’s House, Part II
This post is stepping back in time about a month to when we were in Utah. I never was able to post the rest of the temple photos we took while we were there. In the first post, I put up some pictures of the Salt Lake Temple, the Conference Center and other points of interest [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, News and Events, Scripture, Temple Comments closed
Daniel Peterson: “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God”
I just read on MormonConferences.org that Professor Daniel Peterson will be giving a presentation entitled “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God” on Sunday, July 12. The location will be 4517 W. Mille Lacs Drive, South Jordan, Utah 84095 (the Daybreak Stake Center near the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple) . For those of [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, Temple Tagged Ascent to Heaven, BYU, Daniel Peterson, Heavenly Ascent, Temple Comments closed
This is the Right Place
New Look If you are a returning visitor to this site, you may not recognize this as the Heavenly Ascents you are familiar with. I have completely changed the look of the site, although none of the previous content has been lost. I will miss the antique, maroon and tan theme the blog has had [...]
Also posted in LDS Interest, News and Events, Temple Tagged Afterlife, Book of Mormon, Heavenly Ascents, Netherworld, Orphic Gold Tablets, Orphic Mystery Religion Comments closed
“The Cosmic Ring-Dance of the Angels”: The Text of Frederick M. Huchel’s Presentation at the UK Temple Studies Group Symposium II
It is my honor and pleasure to bring you, with his permission, the full text of Frederick M. Huchel’s presentation at the recent UK Temple Studies Group symposium, entitled “The Cosmic Ring-Dance of the Angels: An Early Christian Rite of the Temple.” Prefacing the presentation are some words of introduction by Frederick Huchel, himself, followed [...]
Also posted in Early Christianity, News and Events, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences, Temple Tagged Cosmic Ring-Dance, Early Christian, FARMS, Frederick M. Huchel, Rick Huchel, rite, Temple, Temple Studies Group Comments closed
Apocalyptic Paul?
As I was looking through some old notes taken in my Apocalyptic Literature class (last semester), I found some brief details I took down from our class discussion of the Apostle Paul. The point of the lecture was that Paul is considered by some to have a very apocalyptic background/perspective. The following are the notes [...]
Also posted in Early Christianity, Scripture Tagged Andrei Orlov, Apocalyptic Literature, Apocalypticism, Apostle Paul, Enochic literature, Revelation, Scripture, Tree of Life Comments closed
A Short Note on Mystery Religions, Christianity and the Telestial World
In recent studies for school, I have had to look into the subject of the “mystery” cults that existed in many parts of the ancient world in the early Christian era. I just wanted to post a brief description of what these mystery religions entailed, as I found them very interesting and think some of [...]
Also posted in Early Christianity, Temple Tagged Deification, eleusinian mysteries, Initiation, mystery religions, orphic, Orphic gold plates, Telestai, Telesterion, Telestial World Comments closed
Orson Hyde, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Hierarchy of the Gods
Lately, I have been looking into a very interesting topic in the Dead Sea Scrolls which concerns the idea that there are several levels of heaven and that each level has an appointed chief or guardian who rules over it. This is actually a fairly common theme in Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical literature [...]
Also posted in Favorite Posts, Priesthood, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, Deification, Enoch, exaltation, Heaven, Heavenly Ascent, Heavenly Temple, hierarchy of gods, James Davila, Joseph Smith, liturgical works, Melchizedek, Millenial Star, Orson Hyde, Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice Comments closed
SBL Notes 2009: Daphna Arbel — Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity