Tag Archives: Initiation

The Orphic Gold Tablets: “The Longed-For Crown”

I return now to my overview/commentary on Instructions for the Netherworld: The Orphic Gold Tablets by Alberto Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal (Brill: 2008). If you missed my first few posts on this topic, you can see them here: First, Second, Third, and Fourth. One of the key features of the inscriptions found on [...]
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The Orphic Gold Tablets: A “Ritual for the Dead”

In my last post on the Orphic Gold Tablets (“Arriving in the Afterlife and the Importance of Memory for Salvation”), I discussed the tablets’ instructions for the soul as it arrives in the Netherworld, and how the soul there encounters a scene very reminiscent of Lehi’s vision of the Tree of Life and its surroundings. [...]
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The Orphic Gold Tablets: Arriving in the Afterlife and the Importance of Memory for Salvation

The writing of this post has been delayed a bit, but I’m excited to share more specific details about the Orphic Gold Tablets. Chapter One of Instructions for the Netherworld: The Orphic Gold Tablets, by Bernabé and San Cristóbal is entitled “Arrival in the Subterranean World.” In this chapter, the authors concentrate on [...]
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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 [...]
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Even More on the Temple

More Notes from the SANE Conference on Temples and Ritual in Antiquity Dr. Brian Hauglid (one of my favorite BYU professors): Ancient Temple Architecture: Beliefs and Practices in Light of the Restored Temple Idea   All our temple features existed in the Ancient world. Almost every civilization has had some portion of truth. The temple is a cosmic observatory faces East represents [...]
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