Tag Archives: Premortal Existence

Some Notes about the Apocalypse of Abraham

By David Larsen | Published: October 25, 2008
As you may have noted, unfortunately I have not had the time to post as much as I would like to here on Heavenly Ascents. I have been bogged down with multiple papers and presentations for my classes which have taken up most of my time.  I would like, however, to share with you some [...]
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The Peculiarly Familiar Doctrines of Origen

By David Larsen | Published: October 20, 2008
We have recently been discussing the early Christian thinker Origen in my “Age of the Fathers” class. While we have been focusing mostly on his thoughts regarding the Trinity, there has been much in my readings that have struck as peculiarly familiar to my beliefs as a Latter-day Saint. I guess this is to be [...]
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When the Angels Worshipped Adam

By David Larsen | Published: September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 Earlier on this week in Dr. Orlov’s class we had an absolute smorgasbord of a discussion.  The subject was the text often called The Life of Adam and Eve, known from the many manuscripts extant in various languages, including Latin, Greek, Slavonic, Coptic (fragments), Georgian, and Armenian. This document is an apocryphal story [...]
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We Lived in Heaven: Sarah Hinze on Pre-Birth Experiences

By David Larsen | Published: August 7, 2008
For those who read my previous post on Roy Mills’ book about his memories of the premortal life, this post will be an exciting follow-up, with further information on individuals who have had distinct experiences with the premortal existence. After my father, whose name is also David Larsen, read the Mills post, he referred me [...]
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