Tree of life vision
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The tree of life vision is, according to the Book of Mormon, a vision received in a dream by the prophet Lehi, and later in vision by his son Nephi, who wrote about it in the First Book of Nephi. The
Lehi's Dream, painting by David Hyrum Smith
Left side of tree of life mosaic at the LDS chapel in Newport Beach, California.
Codex Boturini, folios 2–3, as presented in The Story of the Book of Mormon
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Izapa Stela 5
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Izapa Stela 5 is one of a number of large, carved stelae found in the ancient Mesoamerican site of Izapa, in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico along the present-day Guatemalan border. These stel
Tree of life vision
…The great and spacious building represents the "great and abominable church", etc. Latter-day Saint archaeologist M. Wells Jakeman wrote in 1958 that Izapa Stela 5 is a depiction of the tree of life vision. Jakeman's theory was popular for a time among Mormons, but found little support from Mormon apologists…
Night photography of stela 5 with acute side lighting relief of difficult to see details.