“According to Keith Stepan (former Managing Director of Temple Construction), many LDS temples are thematic, making use of a single…
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President David O. McKay once said that he was “disappointed” when he first went through the Temple and he explains why.…
I was up in Utah for a wedding and while driving around American Fork I stopped my car when I…
This conference which took place on October 23, 2013, in Logan, Utah was filmed and posted here at the Academy of Temple…
The following is a guest-post from J Washburn: In December of 2012, I toured the George Washington Masonic Memorial in…
Today was the day, 186 years ago that the Nephite record known as The Book of Mormon passed from immortal…
For those who have seen the original Karate Kid movie you’re probably familiar with the famous “wax on, wax off”…
The following article was originally published on Bryce Haymond’s TempleStudy.com The conference “Enoch and the Temple,” which took place on February…
Perhaps most of us throw around the word “symbolism” without understanding the various nuances of the subject. I created ldsSymbols.com with…
Originally posted at TempleStudy.com What is mysticism? That is the million dollar question. It is incredibly difficult to define. Wikipedia…
I’m excited to announce the official publication of a little temple-related project that I’ve been working on. It all began…
I posted this photo on Instagram yesterday and have been thinking about kids and the temple. According to Val Brinkerhoff…
The following article is from TempleStudy.com Professor William J. Hamblin has offered some good starting points in considering the relationship between the…
Did you know that you can “read” temples? What if all of the temples around the world today constituted a…
Pictured above is my latest rendering of the Nephite Interpreters that were in the possession of Joseph Smith for a time. I…
In the very quote that inspired the title of this blog, Rene Daumal penned a profound though: “You cannot stay on…
A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe is probably one of my favorite books in the whole wide world. Is…
by Truman G. Madsen Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Reprinted by permission from By Study and Also By Faith: Essays…
All of the notes below are taken directly from the Temple Institute which is an organization seeking to rebuild the…
Below is a transcript of a presentation by Don Bradley on some temple-related themes that may have been present in…
The conference “Mormonism and the Temple: Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition,” which took place on October 29, 2012 in Logan,…