#SEALING

[loveerran]

Could you elaborate on the JS sealing practices?

Great question! Thank you :)

What I am referring to (in this post) is the breadth and depth of the sealing power as envisioned and implemented by Joseph Smith and practiced in the early church. The original post speaks to how our family is more than just direct line descent or blood relations.

I've previously noted that 9 of Joseph's first 12 plural sealings were to women already legally married. Today, we regularly seal deceased women to more than one man (and deceased men to more than one woman) if they were married to more than one individual in mortality. We understand it will all be sorted out later.

But more interesting to many of us is the notion that sealings were performed for things other than marriages and the sealing of direct-line ancestors to direct-line progeny. Consider this account from the diary of John M. Bernhisel relating a sealing between friends and cousins, aunts and nephews and so on:

"The following named deceased persons were sealed to me on Oct 26th 1843, by President Joseph Smith: Maria Bernhisel, sister; Brother Samuel's wife, Catherine Kremer; Mary Shatto, (Aunt); Madalena Lupferd, (distant relative); Catherine Bernhisel, Aunt; Hannah Bower, Aunt; Elizabeth Sheively, Aunt; Hannah Bower, cousin; Maria Lawrence, (intimate friend); Sarah Crosby, intimate friend, /died May 11 1839/; Mary Ann Bloom, cousin."

A Gospel Topics essay notes early sealing practices may have been intended to extend family ties "both vertically, from parent to child, and horizontally, from one family to another".

Of additional interest is how proxy ordinances for the deceased, including proxy baptisms, could be performed by someone of any gender, prior to Brigham Young clarifying the same gender requirement in 1845. We also note non-related individuals were sealed by adoption to Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and other church leaders, including men sealed to men as father/son adoptive pairs.

Some believe our current evolution in practice aligns itself more closely to God's will and the original practice was at fault or incomplete. However, I give Joseph's expansive vision a lot of room. And the truth is that non-family, non-lineal sealings were performed by Joseph and others. Will those sealings be honored in the eternities, or will they be null and void? I have a hard time believing the latter. And what of OP's case for "the spinster aunt who had no kids but made sure that three of the six kids her sister abandoned survived into adulthood"? Church doctrine is big on adoption already, and I can only imagine that relationships like found family and adoption continue in the eternities.

To me, the sealing vision feels more expansive than our current understanding and practice may be.

[lindahall]

Nathaniel Palmer – Scientist of the Day

FIRST IMAGE Nathaniel B. Palmer, an American sealer, sailor, and ship captain, died June 21, 1877, at the age of 77. 

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[dizzy-pops]

Why is ceiling spelled like that. It should be. Sealing. Cause it. Seals ur house

[spider-artdump]

sea sentinel

[vampriestpoison]

Week old dirty socks looking for a good home

These socks were worn for an entire week and are filthy! DM Me if you want them shipped and sealed directly to your house~

[reno-matago]

''Breathe your last, be empty shell

And by your death my words compel

Water, water drawn from Hell

Let the boil your steps foretell.

Water, water drawn from Hell,

By my words, seal this well.''

Anne Hale, Salem Series,the water spell

I love the wording of this spell,its horrifying Logic*,this show,this moment so much...Anne Hale...I love you.

(*She is tested by Mary Sibley,who ask her to drown a cat in order to seal a well-a door for a powerful witch ennemy)

[immeretat]

This is the second part of the Fantastic Mundane, a series of infographics exploring the basic, mundane aspects of life in my eponymous fantastical setting 'Immeretat'.  

You can find part 1 here: https://immeretat.tumblr.com/post/711424248999182337/everburning-lanterns-in-a-sleepless-city-the

This second part is focused on how Sealing, the Sigilwork of the New People, functions, and how it underpins many facets of day to day life. Future parts may cover food production, urban design, daily life, or local commerce, so let me know what you're most interested in seeing.

Feel free to ask any questions you may have about the art or the setting itself!

[randomness-is-my-order]

Swiggles Chapter 18 is Out!!

Summary:

He feels a sort of fulfilment that has nothing to do with the mysterious anger but everything to do with his own sense of self. Maybe learning the art of seals is his way of learning to be an Uzumaki.

Naruto tries to follow the path walked by his ancestors, to find his own identity. He makes bonds along the way, finds family in people who teach him the meaning of the word and falls in love with seals.

The world learns that an Uzumaki with a paper and ink is ten times more terrifying than a jinchuuriki with endless chakra. (Unfortunately for them, Naruto is both.)

Link:

[lynkolnevans]

Hey saw and loved f your gallery and seeing your art inspired my own idea which I want you to draw, it's a fusion between my 2 all time favorite characters Bill Cipher and TenTen from Naruto Shippuden. i'd adore it if u did it. thanks a bunch for reading!

Presenting the one and only: BenTen!

It's more Bill possessing TenTen than a fusion, but it's what came to mind.

HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW CHILD SOLDIERS!

LET'S GO COMMIT SOME WAR CRIMES!

[claugonepunk]

Take this waltz

[gianluc30]

[kels-arts]

an alien skull with a yellow rose and sealing tags on prayer bead chains… because that made sense to me sleep deprived camp counselor brain.

[sourdough-seal]

“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: Vandalized

[spicymochi]

silly seal