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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January 2, 1978 by •
angel(s),
antimimom pneuma,
apocalypticism,
Azazel,
Book of Enoch,
City of Enoch,
cloud of light,
corruption,
disorder,
Enoch,
ethos,
evil,
Ezra,
fallen angels,
God,
Holy One,
Jared,
Messiah,
Metatron (angel),
Michael,
Mt. Zion,
perversions,
Sefer Hechalot,
Semiazas,
the Flood,
the Most High,
theodicy,
violence,
Watchers,
Zion
28 pp., typed manuscript of a paper read at the regional meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature in Denver, Colorado in 1974; CWHN 2:66-90.
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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