Red Brick Store Endowment

[SettingDogStar]

The First Endowment was administered in the Upper Room of the Red Brick Store in Nauvoo. The room is not very big and Joseph said that he spent the day giving all the different "..washings, anointings, endowments and the communication of keys pertaining to the Aaronic Priesthood, and so on to the highest order of the Melchizedek Priesthood, setting forth the order pertaining to the Ancient of Days, and all those plans and principles by which any one is enabled to secure the fullness of those blessings.."

My question was how they would have been able to arrange the room to match the temple layout? What else do you think Joseph included that Brigham Young eventually cut/rearranged in the Nauvoo temple and in later arrangements of the endowment?

I can't find Josephs original plans for the layout of the Nauvoo floors. However from the ones I can find it doesn't seem to include the rooms that were built in later temples like St. George and Salt Lake. When the Nauvoo temple was finished they hung curtains to section off the different portions of the endowment but I feel like Joseph would have specific rooms built for that purpose? Or no?

Just curious on your thoughts!!

[Tacenda]

49 minutes ago, SettingDogStar said:

The First Endowment was administered in the Upper Room of the Red Brick Store in Nauvoo. The room is not very big and Joseph said that he spent the day giving all the different "..washings, anointings, endowments and the communication of keys pertaining to the Aaronic Priesthood, and so on to the highest order of the Melchizedek Priesthood, setting forth the order pertaining to the Ancient of Days, and all those plans and principles by which any one is enabled to secure the fullness of those blessings.."

My question was how they would have been able to arrange the room to match the temple layout? What else do you think Joseph included that Brigham Young eventually cut/rearranged in the Nauvoo temple and in later arrangements of the endowment?

I can't find Josephs original plans for the layout of the Nauvoo floors. However from the ones I can find it doesn't seem to include the rooms that were built in later temples like St. George and Salt Lake. When the Nauvoo temple was finished they hung curtains to section off the different portions of the endowment but I feel like Joseph would have specific rooms built for that purpose? Or no?

Just curious on your thoughts!!

As mentioned in this article, it says washing and annointings were a full body bath with oils, so I wonder too. So it has evolved so much since then. Here is a well written account of that evolution. And mentions the Upper Room of the Nauvoo Store. I remember visiting the store several years ago! https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V34N0102_87.pdf

Edited October 11, 2018 by Tacenda

[SettingDogStar]

3 hours ago, Tacenda said:

As mentioned in this article, it says washing and annointings were a full body bath with oils, so I wonder too. So it has evolved so much since then. Here is a well written account of that evolution. And mentions the Upper Room of the Nauvoo Store. I remember visiting the store several years ago! https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V34N0102_87.pdf

I had actually read that paper awhile back haha. I  found that it provides some really hearty background on the evolution from simple washing and anointings to more complex and full washings and ritual. I think there is a lot to learn in learning how Josephs knowledge of an "endowment from on High" grew. The Spirit was poured out each time Joseph went about administering to these ordinances, starting in the Kirtland Temple, but I think they found their true meaning when they were given context in the rituals at Nauvoo. 

Edited October 12, 2018 by SettingDogStar