February 22, 1995 by •
Acts of Thomas,
Adam,
adversary,
anamnesis,
apocrypha,
Canonical writings,
Christian(s),
Coptic Christians,
Council in Heaven,
creation(s),
creation(s) drama(s),
devil(s),
earth,
endless expansion,
eternal progression,
faithful,
Father of Lights,
Gabriel,
garment,
God,
God's Plan,
Great Assembly King,
Guardians,
house boat Light,
Hymn of the Pearl,
in Heaven,
Jesus,
Jews,
matter,
Melchizedek,
Meritorious actions,
Michael,
obedience,
ordinances,
Pistis Sophia,
Plan of Creation,
Sent One(s),
Sons of Light,
Sun-bird,
the Elect,
The LORD,
the Phoenix,
the plan,
the Scriptures,
the Son of God,
the Temple,
Treasury of Light,
Two Ways,
Urstoff,
veil of light,
Watchers,
world(s)
“Treasures in the Heavens: Some Early Christian Insights into the Organizing of Worlds,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 8:3/4 (Autumn/Winter 1974): 76-98. Reprinted in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978): 49-84; CWHN 1:171-214. A complex and rich study of the cosmology of the Christian world, which is compared …
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February 2, 1984 by •
a type,
Adam,
Ate (Greek),
Babylon,
beautify,
beauty,
Book of Mormon,
celestial,
Christ's reign on earth,
Christian(s),
city of refuge,
condemnation,
corrupt,
creation(s),
Creator,
creatures,
destruction,
destructive,
dispensation(s),
earth's paradisiacal glory,
Eden,
Enoch,
environment,
eternal order,
excellence,
garden,
garden of Eden,
gathering of Israel,
glory,
God,
heaven,
hunting,
inverse image,
Joseph Smith,
joy,
Last Days,
latter days,
mammon,
Mammonout,
merchants,
Mount Zion,
New Education Jerusalem,
Paradise,
place of gathering,
place of refuge,
pollution,
prepare,
realities,
reality,
redwoods,
restoration of Ten Tribes,
righteous,
Satan,
space,
state of mind,
the Gospel message,
The LORD,
the plan,
the Saints,
the two ways,
the wicked,
time,
war,
way of the world,
work,
world(s),
Zion
in ASBYU Academics Office Presents: Last Lecture Series, 1971-72 (Provo: n.p., 1972 and 1973): 1-14; CWHN 9:1-24. Social commentary touching on themes that have become increasingly common in Nibley’s various addresses and writings containing social commentary. — Midgley
January 2, 1982 by •
Abraham,
apostles,
Caesar,
Caliphs,
Catholic(s),
Centurion,
Christian(s),
churchmen,
Claudius,
Constantine (Emperor),
economy,
Egypt,
Emperor,
Enoch,
eternal,
Father,
Felix,
Festus,
Gentiles,
God,
Herod Agrippa,
High Priest,
Holy Ghost,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
John Chrysostom,
Joseph Smith,
Khan(s),
King(s),
Latter-day Saints,
love,
magistrates,
ministers,
missionary,
Mormonism,
Moses,
party,
Paul the Apostle,
Pharaoh,
polis,
political,
politics,
Popes,
prophet(s),
Protestant(s),
restoration,
Romans,
Rome,
Satan,
Sicarii,
temporal,
the Church,
the Gospel,
the Law,
The LORD,
the press,
the Prince of this World,
the Savior,
Western World,
world(s)
22 pp., typed manuscript for an Academics Lecture given on June 3, 1976 at BYU on politics; CWHN 13:105-137. An examination of how the Saints should understand involvement in politics, among other things drawing upon the examples of Paul and Daniel. — Midgley
June 4, 1980 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
Babylon,
bloodshed,
Brigham Young,
conflict,
contention,
enemy,
God,
Lamanite(s),
Latter-day Saints,
Mormon (the Book of Mormon prophet),
nation(s),
Nephi,
Nephites,
peace,
prophecies,
war,
wicked world,
wickedness,
world(s),
Zion
The Ensign 1:7 (July 1971): 53-55; CWHN 13:270-277. See also Nibley’s anti-war letter of March 29, 1971 in BYU Daily Universe
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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