Eleazar
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  This book is a compilation of narratives written over a period of half a dozen years.Â Â  There was no original intention to compile these writings into a book nor was there an organized effort to write on topics in a proscribed order.Â Â  I wrote each of them whenever I got in the mood.Â Â  It is for these reasons that this compilation doesnâ€™t follow an organized plan in regard to having a definite beginning, middle, and end.Â  In compiling these narratives into this volume, I generally arranged them in the chronological order that I wrote them.,Â ,In the mid-1990â€™s, I came into possession of The Temple Book attributed to the late Max Skousen as author.Â Â  At the time, I was a devoted member of the LDS church and a veil worker in the Toronto temple.Â Â  I had been through the endowment ceremony enough times to have it memorized verbatim, but I knew relatively nothing of what the endowment means.Â Â  In my conversations with others, I found that most admitted little understanding of what is meant by the endowment.Â Â  I also encountered a strong reluctance to talk about the endowment, even inside the walls of the temple.Â Â  I was eager to learn more about what it might mean and reading The Temple Book felt like getting a breath of fresh air, despite it being an underground publication considered by the authorities to comprise forbidden literature.Â Â  The Temple Book helped me to look at meanings of the temple ceremony in new ways and, ultimately, led to writing the narratives found in this book.Â Â  It is because of the existence of The Temple Book that I have titled the present compilation The Temple Book 2.Â Â Â  In spite of the name, this compilation should not be taken to be a continuation of the ideas presented in The Temple Book.,http://webspace.webring.com/people/np...
The Temple Book 2