Reinterpreting the Resurrection Beyond the Literal

A belief in the Resurrection does not have to include belief in the literal reanimation of Jesus' body, that his dead human body literally came back to life and walked out of the tomb. I suggest there are other ways of interpreting the Resurrection myth that are far less unbelievable in our modern age where [...]

Matthew 16:13-20, BHT: “Upon this Rock”

A new addition to the Bryce Haymond Translation (BHT). I had already translated it once before, but I added a new translation that suggests other interpretations. There is no one "right" translation. The scriptures are endlessly translatable, because the mystical is essentially ineffable, transcending all words, and so there are perhaps infinite layers of meaning [...]

The Talismanic “Gold” Plates of Joseph Smith

I suggest that the physical object that Joseph had in his possession was not literally ancient gold plates, but plates of his own creation which talismanically represented the "gold plates" of his visions, aiding his mystical translation of those visions.

Genesis 1 BHT: God’s Incarnation in Creation

A new translation of Genesis 1, updating many ideas in terms of modern cosmology, but also in mystical terms of God's own Incarnation in and as the cosmos, and in all Life as well.