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Instructions for the Netherworld: The Orphic Gold Tablets
Introduction to the Orphic Gold Tablets
As I have been promising for some time now, I would now like to introduce you to the Orphic Gold Tablets, a series of small gold tablets/plates that have been discovered in southern Europe buried with the dead and offering to the same instructions regarding what they should do and [...]
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, LDS Interest, Temple Also tagged Afterlife, Netherworld, Orphic gold plates, Orphic Gold Tablets, Orphic Mystery Religion, soul's journey, Underworld 8 Comments
13th-Century BC Gold Tablet Inscribed with Assyrian Cuneiform