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November 2014

November 05, 2014

Taking a Stand

Some people have objected to the little satire I posted about the new Maxwell Institute (MI) a...

November 04, 2014

Religious Education Curriculum Change 3

Here are some official statements; the first from the Church The second from Brent Top,...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

M&E 26 Contemplation

Discussion of relics and mysticism, desert monasteries, contemplation, meditation, seeing God, Augustine's mystic visions

October 30, 2014

Religious Education Curriculum Change 2

To illustrate my concerns regarding the change in CES/BYU curriculum, let's look at the study...

October 29, 2014

M&E 25 Dionysius, Icons

Dionysius the Areopagite, Dionysius, Pseudo-Areopagite, celestial hierarchies, angelic hierarchies, icons, mysticism, esotericism

October 29, 2014

M&E 24, Desert Fathers and Mysticism

Mysticism, Esotericism, Desert Fathers, Antony, miracles, withdrawal, Simeon Stylites, Trinity, Christophany, Francis of Assisi, Pilgrimage...

October 28, 2014

Clarification

Some people seem to have misunderstood part of my concerns. I have no objection whatsoever to...

October 27, 2014

Rejecting Historicity?

The fundamental problem of rejecting the historicity of the Book of Mormon is that it...

October 27, 2014

The Dehistoricizing Impulse

It seems to me what is happening in both the "new" CES/BYU curriculum and at...

October 27, 2014

This in From Sunstone South

After two and a half years, the "New" Maxwell Institute has finally decided to try...

October 27, 2014

New BYU Religious Education Curriculum

BYU's College of Religious Education has accepted a new curriculum. They plan to replace the old...

October 26, 2014

M&E 23 Gnosticism and Mysticism

Discussion of the relationship between Christian mysticism and esotericism with ancient Gnosticism, the veneration of...

October 23, 2014

Temple Studies Feast!

This week brings a real feast for Temple Studies. First, the Interpreter Foundation has...

October 20, 2014

Temple: Medieval Veils

Some Orthodox and Eastern Christian churches still have traditional veils (once found in all Christian...

October 20, 2014

M&E 21 New Testament and Mysticism

Discussion of the New Testament background to medieval Orthodox and Catholic mysticism

October 17, 2014

M&E 20 Hekhalot

Brief discussion of Rabbi Ishmael, Hekhalot Rabbati, 3 Enoch

October 17, 2014

M&E19 Isaac Luria

Discussion of Isaac Luria (ha-Ari; Arizal) and Lurianic Kabbalah

October 13, 2014

M&E 17 Mystical Miscellany

Discussion of various concepts of Jewish mysticism: tzaddik (righteous/saint), sacred sexuality, silence, sacred dance, sacred space,...

October 13, 2014

M&E 18 Zohar; Reincarnation/Gilgul

Origin, nature and impact of the Zohar; Jewish mystical concept of reincarnation (gilgul)

October 09, 2014

Temple and Catholicism

A conference I wish I had been able to attend. Hopefully some of the proceedings...

October 08, 2014

M&E 16 Rabbinic Discussions of Mysticism

Discussion of early Rabbinic accounts of Jewish mystical exegesis and practices, and Rabbinic concerns over...

October 06, 2014

M&E 15 Dead Sea Scrolls and Philo

Jewish proto-mysticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Philo

October 03, 2014

Islam Khoja Mosque

Photos from Khiva, Uzbekistan

October 03, 2014

M&E 14 Enoch

Discussion of apocalyptic and apocrypha; the background to different biblical versions: Hebrew Bible, Aramaic Targum,...

October 01, 2014

Mysticism and Esotericism Class

I finished reorganizing the recordings of lectures 1-13 from my "Mysticism and Esotericism" class, and placed...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

At least one person out there likes me

Or, I guess, technically, likes an article I've written.

September 23, 2014

Column on the name Jehovah

The Hamblin/Peterson column in the Deseret News on the name Jehovah,

September 16, 2014

Ritual Center in Israel

A 5000 year old (probable) sacred monumental site has been discovered in Israel.

September 14, 2014

Temple 9: Column as Ascent

Columns in antiquity often had a symbolic connotation of ascent into or connection with the...

September 13, 2014

Mysticism and Esotericism 5: Orphism and Pythagoreanism

Class 5: A discussion of the origins of Orphism, Pythagoreanism, and their latter impact on esotericism....