Examines self-representations of Lamanite identities and histories by 20th Century Nahua scholars Margarito Bautista Valencia and Agricol Lozano Herrera.

Examines self-representations of Lamanite identities and histories by 20th Century Nahua scholars Margarito Bautista Valencia and Agricol Lozano Herrera.

Examines ethnic identity assertions among Mayan and Euro-American Mormons and the interplay between an international gospel and a Guatemalan cultural context.

Scientific research has established the existence of complex, highly sophisticated neural pathways that connect the human heart and brain, confirming that the activity of the heart directly influences the activity of higher brain centers involved in perceptual and cognitive processing and in the creation of emotional experience. This chapter examines research that has found that different emotions are reflected in state-specific patterns in the heart’s rhythms. Recent work has demonstrated a 75% accuracy in the detection of discrete emotional states from the heart rate variability (HRV) signal. As people experience sincere positive feelings, the more ordered information flowing from the heart to the brain facilitates cortical function and improves cognitive performance. These findings may help explain the significant shifts in broadened perception, increased mental clarity, and heightened intuitive awareness reported by many individuals when practicing heart-centered, positive emotion–refocusing and restructuring techniques.

A series of articles on the humanitarian work of the Liahona Children’s Foundation in Peru, Columbia, Guatemala, the Philippines and Kiribati

The paper deals with the origin and purpose of the early LDS temple ceremony as a means to educate saints toward ‘perfection’, compared to other protestant views of ‘perfectionism’; how Joseph Smith devised these pedagogical means and how they evolved over time. It raises questions and ideas about e.g. ‘temple testimony meetings’ and ways of mentoring.