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How Is Fasting Supposed to Be Sacred?

13 Aug 202121 Feb 2022

The scriptures abundantly indicate that fasting is a major component of spiritual experience. What is it about this practice that lends itself to the production or magnification of God's gifts?…

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Is Solitude Sacred?

12 Aug 202121 Feb 2022

Continuing on the theme of the vision quest and its role in the lives of holy people, and having touched upon the theme of the wilderness as a temple, we…

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Why Is Wilderness Sacred?

11 Aug 202121 Feb 2022

Many ancient cultures around the world venerate a similar practice of going out into the wilderness to connect with God. The aboriginals of Australia called this sacred outing the "Renewal…

The Key to the Science of Theology is a book written by the Apostle Parley P. Pratt, published in 1855, two years before his martyrdom. The author of this site, Joseph, has studied the Gospel of Jesus Christ as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. in great depth for over a decade. It is his conviction that the writing of Parley P. Pratt most accurately conveys in succinct form what Joseph Smith Jr. had been piecing together all his life. This blog is an ode to that triumphant work and the glorious future it prophetically envisions.