Why this website?
Site contents
About the endowment
The Initiatory
The Endowment Proper
The
Creation
The
Garden
The
Telestial World
The
Terrestrial World
The
Veil
Baptism for the dead
Sealings
Second anointing
Timeline
Historical documents
Masonic parallels
The endowment on film
Garments & temple clothes
Suggested readings
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This site is not meant to be a basic introduction to Mormonism or temple worship, nor is it meant to provide an exhaustive discussion of the ceremony's history and meaning. Below are some suggested resources to consult for additional information.
LDS-APPROVED PUBLICATIONS
- James E. Talmage, The House of the Lord (Salt Lake City: Signature
Books, 1998). A reprint of the original 1912 edition, including photos
of the Salt Lake Temple interior.
- Boyd K. Packer, The Holy Temple (Salt Lake City: Corporation
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1982).
- Daniel H. Ludlow, ed., Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 5 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1992). See the entries on "Endowments" (2:454) and "Temple Ordinances" (4:1444).
HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
- David John Buerger, The Mysteries of Godliness: A History
of Mormon Temple Worship (San Francisco: Smith Research Associates,
1994).
- Michael W. Homer, "'Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry':
The Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism," Dialogue: A Journal
of Mormon Thought 27.3 (Fall 1994): 1-113.
- Colleen McDannell, Material Christianity: Religion and Popular Culture in America (New Haven: Yale UP, 1995).
See chapter 7, "Mormon Garments."
- Douglas J. Davies, The Mormon Culture of Salvation (Aldershot,
England: Ashgate, 2000).
- John-Charles Duffy, "Concealing the Body, Concealing the Sacred: The Decline of Ritual Nudity in Mormon Temples, Journal of Ritual Studies 21.2 (2007):1-21.
DEVOTIONAL REFLECTIONS
- Margaret and Paul Toscano, Strangers in Paradox: Explorations
in Mormon Theology (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990). See
chapter 23, "The Mormon Endowment."
- Levi S. Peterson, "My Mother's House," Dialogue:
A Journal of Mormon Thought 24.3 (Fall 1991): 79-88. About the
second anointing.
- John D. Charles, Endowed from on High: Understanding the Symbols of the Endowment (Bountiful, UT: Horizon, 1997).
APOLOGETICS
- Hugh Nibley, Temple and Cosmos, vol. 12 of The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1992).