In this episode of House of Learning: Understanding the Doctrine of the Temple, Meghan Farner and Cory Jensen explore what “saving ordinances” truly mean — and challenge the common assumption that symbolic rituals are salvific in and of themselves.

This lesson reframes temple ordinances not as spiritual hall passes or automatic guarantees of salvation, but as symbolic invitations into real spiritual transformation, covenant relationship, and lived discipleship through the grace of Jesus Christ.

Using a well-known quote from Brigham Young as a starting point, the discussion unpacks why memorizing signs, tokens, or participating in ceremonies alone cannot save a person — and how those symbols instead point toward deeper spiritual realities that must be experienced, embodied, and received through grace.

You’ll learn:

✨ Why ordinances are a means, not an end
✨ How symbols represent real spiritual experiences and gifts of grace
✨ The danger of reducing temple worship to performance or compliance
✨ Why God is interested in who we are becoming, not just what we are doing
✨ How ancient Israel struggled with the same misunderstanding
✨ How the Book of Mormon functions as a temple text
✨ What it means to “see beyond the symbol” into spiritual reality

This episode invites viewers to move beyond surface-level religious participation into conscious spiritual growth, discernment, and personal transformation in Christ.

If you’ve ever wondered whether ordinances alone can save you, how grace actually works, or how temple symbolism connects to lived spiritual experience, this lesson provides clarity and depth.

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⚠️ This content reflects personal spiritual study and interpretation. Viewers are encouraged to seek personal revelation, honor sacred covenants, and engage with discernment.

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In this expansive episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner is joined by theologian and author Michelle Wiener to explore the hidden feminine thread within the Abrahamic tradition.

Drawing from Michelle’s book Return to Mamre: Recovering the Melchizedek Mysteries Beneath the Sacred Groves, this conversation reframes Abraham and Sarah not merely as patriarch and matriarch, but as participants in a sacred matrimonial priesthood order — a divine pairing of priest and priestess rooted in ancient sacred groves, temple imagery, and cosmic symbolism.

Together, they explore:

• Sarah as possible high priestess
• The Mamre Order as a template for Melchizedek priesthood
• Henotheism vs. monotheism and the divine council
• The role of Heavenly Mother in healing Abrahamic division
• Astrology, archetypes, and the constellations as priesthood patterns
• The mother/daughter (virgin/“harlot”) archetype in scripture
• The sacred feminine as key to reconciliation among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

This episode invites listeners into deeper discernment, symbolic literacy, and spiritual maturity — reclaiming a balanced priesthood of partnership rather than hierarchy.

If you’ve ever wondered whether the sacred feminine was truly erased from scripture — and how to recover her — this conversation will expand your lens.

• 00:00 Introduction + Michelle’s academic background
• 04:00 Southern Baptist roots & fear-based theology
• 08:40 Discovering the mystical & divine feminine
• 15:30 Introducing Return to Mamre
• 16:20 Abraham & Sarah’s journey to Mamre
• 20:00 Was Sarah initiated alongside Abraham?
• 23:00 Sacred groves, Asherah, and priestesshood
• 29:00 Bread, libations, and feminine temple ritual
• 34:00 Monotheism, henotheism, and the divine council
• 38:30 The “Most High God and Goddess”
• 45:00 Avoiding goddess conflation & discernment
• 50:15 Astrology, archetypes, and the Maseroth
• 55:30 The maiden–mother–crone pattern in the stars
• 1:02:00 Sarah & Hagar: mother/daughter archetypes
• 1:07:00 Solar vs lunar symbolism & degrees of glory
• 1:10:00 Healing Abrahamic division through the feminine
• 1:11:30 Final reflections on sacred partnership

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In this special bonus episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan and McKay Farner share the talks they delivered in sacrament meeting on the greatest commandment: to "love thy neighbor as thyself."

Meghan explores the often-overlooked doctrine of self-love through the lens of agape—the unconditional love that God is. She unpacks false beliefs (“unbelief”) that keep us stuck in shame and natural-man identity, reframing repentance as healing rather than punishment. Drawing from Mosiah 3:19, Doctrine & Covenants 93, Moroni 7, and the teachings of President David O. McKay, she invites listeners to see themselves as the “pearl of great price”—already worthy of divine love.

McKay then shares a powerful mission story that forever changed his understanding of loving your neighbor. Through personal experience—including stepping away from church activity—he reflects on charity without ulterior motive and what it truly means to love as Christ loves.

Together, these talks offer a message of hope, grace, and spiritual maturity:
You cannot hate yourself into holiness.
You cannot give a gift you have not received.
And love is not kindness with a destination attached.

• 00:00 Introduction & purpose of the message
• 00:33 The Great Commandment (Matthew 22)
• 01:19 Agape: the unconditional love God is
• 02:35 False beliefs (“unbelief”) about self-love
• 04:24 Natural man vs. true eternal identity
• 07:23 Repentance as healing, not punishment
• 09:26 Shame, fear, and perfect love
• 10:16 Rest, worthiness, and grace
• 11:50 Meditation as communion with God
• 12:42 The pearl of great price
• 13:52 McKay’s mission story begins
• 15:47 What love is not
• 17:13 “Love is not kindness with a destination attached”
• 20:10 Charity defined (Moroni 7)
• 22:27 Princess & sacrificial love
• 23:40 “Greater love hath no man…”
• 24:16 Stepping away from church activity
• 24:48 “It’s what Jesus would do.”
• 25:02 Final testimony & invitation

Join the Contemplative Prayer + Meditation Q&A with Meghan and Phil McLemore, on February 16th at 7pm MT. Register here!

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.

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