January 12, 1988 by •
Abraham,
Alma,
America,
apocalyptic,
Book of Mormon,
Captain Moroni,
charity,
crime,
Cumorah,
cursing and blessing,
desert,
destruction,
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Enoch,
evil,
freedom,
Gadianton(s) robbers,
gain,
Gentiles,
God,
history,
Indians American,
inequality,
iniquity,
Jacob,
Jaredites,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Joseph Smith,
judges,
judgment(s),
King Mosiah,
Laman,
Lamanite(s),
Lehi,
liberty,
money,
Mormon (the Book of Mormon prophet),
Moroni,
Nephi,
Nephites,
New Education World,
Old World,
popularity,
power(s),
pride,
priestcraft(s),
probation,
rebellion,
Rekhabite(s),
repent,
repentance,
riches,
righteous,
righteous society,
righteousness,
robbers,
Satan,
secret abominations,
sin,
the Gospel,
the Law,
Title of Liberty,
transgression,
unbelief,
war,
weaknesses,
wilderness
CWHN 8:498-532 This article is based on a transcript of a talk given at the 1986 Sunstone Theological Symposium in Salt Lake City. It was published in Sunstone 12 (January 1988): 14—25.
July 1, 1978 by •
boredom,
brain,
character,
darkness,
eternities,
evil,
expansion,
gifts,
God,
Holy Ghost,
information,
intellect,
intelligence,
Joseph Smith,
knowledge,
probation,
revelation(s),
riches,
Satan,
sin,
speculating,
testing,
The LORD,
the mind,
the Spirit,
the Universe,
thinking,
trust,
truth,
under-performance,
wisdom,
world(s),
zeal
Academic Awareness lecture, June 26, 1975. Original manuscript in mimeographed form. Reprinted in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 11:2 (Summer 1978): 101-112; in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Religious Studies Center, 1978): 261-277; in Readings for Intensive Writers, compiled by Susan T. Laing (Provo: Honors Intensive Writing, 1977) 185-194; and in CWHN …
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April 25, 1974 by •
1 Jeu,
2 Jeu,
Adam,
Adam as Michael,
ancient prayer circle,
ancient religious writings,
animals,
Apocalypse of Abraham,
Askew Manuscript,
Berlin Papyrus,
Book of Enoch,
Book of Nature,
Books,
children of God,
Christian(s) cosmology,
Clementine Recognitions,
cosmism,
creatio ex nihilo,
creation(s) as organization,
damnation,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
degrees of glory,
Disneyland,
divinity,
dogs,
Egyptian(s),
energy,
eternal progression,
Ginza,
Gregory of Nyssa,
heavens,
hell,
Ignatius,
joy,
Kabbalah,
libraries of ancient writings,
light,
Mandaean writings,
Manichaean writings,
matter,
measurement and creation,
Michael,
mortality,
Mother of the Living,
multiplicity of worlds,
mysteries of creation,
Nag Hammadi codices,
Odes of Solomon,
ordinances,
Origen (early church father),
physical world,
Pistis Sophia,
pre-mortal existence,
probation,
progeny,
progression,
purification,
salvation,
Satan,
science fiction,
Sefer Yetzirah,
Sent One(s),
skena,
Sons of Light,
space,
spark (of creation),
spirit (and matter),
the Gospel of Philip,
the Gospel of Truth,
topos,
treasure (physical substance),
Walt Disney,
world(s),
writings ancient,
Zohar
“Secrets of the Scriptures — The Creation,” 29 pp., typed transcript of a talk given in Glendale, California in 1969. One of the best examples of Nibley’s use of ancient apocryphal writings. The talk was also unusual in that he expressed gratitude that it was being recorded. Brothers and Sisters, I am actually glad that …
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