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Dec 7, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Mark Wright |Mark Alan

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Dec 6, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Mark Wright |Mark Alan

The best available evidence for the Book of Mormon continues to support a limited Mesoamerican model. However, Alma 63 indicates that there was a massive northward migration in the mid-first century bc. I argue that these north-bound immigrants spread out over the centuries and established settlements that were geographically distant from the core Nephite area, far beyond the scope of the text of the Book of Mormon.

Nov 16, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Mark Wright |Mark Alan

Mark Alan Wright describes a common type of ritual specialist among the Maya called a “daykeeper.” He discusses similarities and differences with descriptions of ritual specialists in the Book of Mormon, including those who used the Urim and Thummim, performed rituals of healing, experienced near-death episodes at the inauguration of their calling, kept track of calendars, mastered astronomy, and invoked God to bring rain.

Nov 13, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Mark Wright |Mark Alan

Keywordsaxis mundi, ritual complexes, Book of Mormon, Mesoamerican civilizationsAbstractAn axis mundi refers to a sacred place that connects heaven and earth and is believed to be the center of the world. These places are sanctified through ritual consecration or through a divine manifestation that results in qualitatively detaching that space from the surrounding cosmos.

Aug 24, 2023 | allnurses.com | Mark Alan

I'm 61 years old with only 12 years RN experience. I was a CCRN. Does this site help Nurses with the Tennessee Nursing Peer Assistance program?  I have more questions, but they would be useless to get into if there is no association with TNPAP in Nashville, TN. Each state has a similar program for Nurses.