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Hugh Nibley [off the record]
Tag Archives: Hugh Nibley
Forty Easters Ago
It’s hard to remember Hugh Nibley getting angry in a discussion about religion. Usually he took attacks in stride and found them stimulating rather than making him lose his tempter. I had certainly never seen anything provoke such an immediate and negative response from him. Continue reading
Posted in Ancient writings, Culture, Nature, Philosophy
Tagged Cosic, Easter, Hopi, Hopi people, Hugh Nibley, Kresimir Cosic
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Hugh Nibley, World’s Worst Politician
Only in the light of the acrimony of our recent ultra-polarized politics have I come to understand the lesson of the time I discovered my father was the world’s worst politician. Continue reading
Posted in Family, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged democrat, Hugh Nibley, iBook, Joseph Smith, LDS Democrat, LDS politics, Mormon Democrat, mormon politics, Politics, republican, Richard Nixon, World War II
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Video: Christina Nibley Mincek Speaks at Hugh Nibley’s Funeral
Christina Nibley Mincek speaking at Hugh Nibley’s funeral. Hugh Nibley died eight years ago today, February 24, 2005. Continue reading
Posted in Family, Nature, Philosophy
Tagged Bridal Veil Falls, Christina Mincek, Death, environmentalism, Hugh Nibley, Hugh Nibley Funeral, Kelly Richardson, mormonism, Nature, Provo Canyon, Utah, Wilhelm Kempff, Zion Canyon
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Nibley Goes Multimedia – Beyond Politics Available on the iBookstore
Hugh Nibley & Associates, a company owned by the family of the late Hugh Nibley, has released a multimedia eBook edition of his classic essay Beyond Politics with multimedia supplemental materials. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Bob Bennett, E-book, Hugh Nibley, iBook, IPad, LDS politics, mormon politics, mormonism, Politics, Sen. Robert Bennett, Sen. Robert F. Bennett, Senator Bennett
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Mormon Times on Nibley’s Friendship with Basketball Legend Kresimir Cosic
The online version of this article, which appeared in print last Thursday, contains video clips from an interview with Cosic in 1983. The interview was conducted by Alex Nibley and Sterling Van Wagenen as they were working on the Hugh Nibley documentary film Faith of an Observer. Continue reading
From a Muddy Foxhole of the “Bridge Too Far”
In the times of total confusion which lie ahead let us not forget how clearly our own behavior has foreshadowed the horrible commotion of the earth and the elements. I speak in the prophetic vein, because the signs of an impending readjustment in the face of the whole earth are fairly clear. Continue reading
Bob Bennett Video on Nibley and Politics: Part 2
The [Mormon] Church does not say, “Well let’s purge Harry Reid.” They say, “Let’s call him up and ask him for something else we need.” And he delivers. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Bennett, Bob Bennett, Book of Mormon, democrat, Harry Reid, Hugh Nibley, Latter-day Saints, LDS Church, LDS politics, Mormon, Mormon Democrat, mormon politics, Mormon Republican, Mormon voters, mormonism, Politics, republican, Sen. Bennett, Sen. Bob Bennett, Sen. Robert Bennett, Sen. Robert F. Bennett, Senator Bennett, Senator Reid, Senator Robert Bennett, Senator Robert F. Bennett
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The Things we Feel Most Deeply Fail to Find Expression
There is no more eloquent commentary on the inadequacy and incompleteness of everything here than the fact that the things we feel most deeply fail to find expression either in words or symbols, the things we desire most eagerly we can’t even define, while the things we despise above all other things – a bondage of meaningless and repetitious chores, a guilty preoccupation with empty trifles and commonplaces – these we make to the substance of our life and action… Continue reading
An Error in the Book of Mormon?
Look at Alma, he says that all mankind is carnal, sensual, and devilish by nature. And he should’ve said they were carnal, sensual, devilish, and stupid. Continue reading
Posted in Book of Mormon, Philosophy
Tagged Alma, Book of Mormon, Hugh Nibley, Mormon, Religion and Spirituality, Stupidity
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We’re Baaaack
[Guest post from the moderator] For those of you who had thought Hugh Nibley [off the record] had faded softly into that good night, no. School started again, but the main distraction that kept us from posting for the last … Continue reading
