Lehi's dream in the Book of Mormon might be an esoteric mystical-allegorical account of Joseph Smith's own First Vision.
Tag: love
What is God’s Love? Is it Unconditional? A Mystical View
Some think we have to qualify for God's Love, that it is something God only gives through religious obedience. Mysticism says not quite.
#45 David R. Hawkins’ “First Vision” Account
A mystical experience of a boy in 1939 Wisconsin remarkably resembles many other such "First Vision" experiences in history.
God “Pointed”/”Touched” Joseph Smith’s Eyes in the First Vision, Revealing the “Beloved Son” in Him
I suggest that details in the accounts show that Joseph Smith experienced theosis or divinization in the First Vision, realizing his Oneness in God, or Christ living in him.
Luke 20:34-38 BHT: Marriage and the Resurrection
A new translation of Jesus' words about marriage and the resurrection.
Confessions quote, BHT: My Late Love!
A famous quote from St. Augustine's Confessions, newly translated.
#44 Julie M. Brown’s “First Vision” Account
A psychotherapist tells of her most sacred visionary experience she had back in 1969.
1 Corinthians 13, BHT: The Supreme & Eternal Nature of Love
Paul writes about Love.
The LDS “Prophet” Shares 5 “Absolute Truths”? My Commentary
President Russell M. Nelson of the LDS Church shared 5 "absolute truths" a few days ago, and I comment on where I think he was right, and where I believe he was unfortunately mistaken.
The Mysticism of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
Scrooge is a metaphor of the egoic mind, dismissing mystical experience as pathological.