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Temple of God Website 

Know ye not that YE ARE the temple of God, and that
THE SPIRIT OF GOD dwelleth in you?    (1 Corintihians 3:16)


This website is for those who are interested in deeper discussions of what the LDS Temple endowment means.  This site also includes discussions of other symbols and allegories common to LDS/Mormon experience.


Material on this website is shared in a spirit of open discussion and open investigation.  It is provided as a service to the community by a former LDS Temple veil-worker who has long been interested in the deeper meanings behind the temple endowment experience.   None of what is found on this website should be considered to be statement(s) of doctrine, approved by church leaders (mainstream or fundamentalist), or definitive examinations of the topics discussed. 



The motto of this website (1 Cor 3:16) refers to a simple prospect of looking at the meaning of Temple in newer ways. The Temple is popularly viewed as a building constructed by men rather than the individual (being; person).  And even when individuals start to consider that each person is the true Temple, there is a tendency to think of it as being the body.  It may be that most of us aim too low on both counts. 



Some visitors to this website may become personally offended at what appears to be open discussion on a prohibited topic. It is suggested that this feeling, in itself, might be revealing.  It may be helpful to consider that the notion of secrecy (or sacredness) in regard to discussing the meaning of the endowment experience is widely misunderstood.



Newcomers to this website may want to start by reading Temple of God:  Carnal vs Spiritual Understandings
and Parables and Paradoxes: -- Meanings Hidden, Yet Obvious for an introduction to discovering new perspectives and finding meaning in the world about us.


 
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The LDS Endowment

Click here for background information on the following two books.
(Click on the name above to download or view The Temple Book.   This is an early underground book that discusses some of the deeper meanings behind the symbolism of the pre-1990 endowment ceremony.  The Temple Book is provided here as a pdf file only)

(Click on the name above to download Temple Book II as a pdf file for offline printing and reading.   This book is a compilation of writings about the meaning of the LDS endowment and the temple experience in general. Individual chapters of the Temple Book II can be read online by clicking on each of the links provided below.)

Title Page      

Authors Preface

  1. Temple of God: Carnal vs Spiritual Understandings  
  2. The Meaning of the Apron  
  3. The True Order of Prayer  
  4. The New and Everlasting Covenant  
  5. The Great Pyramid and Temple Symbolism:  One Message in the Many
  6. The Name of the Second Token 
  7. The Meaning of the Sash: Sealing Power and Authority  
  8.  The Treasure of the Great Pyramid 
  9.  The Symbolism in the Temple Garment  
  10.  Playing Simon Says in the Endowment 
  11. Who is Eleazar?   It doesn’t matter and it is really about the meaning of new names 
  12. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the LDS Endowment  
  13. The Meaning of the Kirtland Temple and Beyond   
  14. Symbolism in the LDS Endowment:  The language of tokens, names, and signs
  15. How All Things are Perfect
  16. An Experience of Yourself




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Misc Essays and Other Files


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