From old English: The state of being AT-ONE & process to be such

Atonement = To be reunited with God

Similar to Reconciliation (Latin: reconsilio “to be seated again with

Someone”)

Redemption (buy back) from Greek (katallagein): exchange (change from

enemy to friendship)

Celebrated by all religions.

Nibley (Temple & Cosmos p. 380):

“At hundreds of holy shrines, each believed to mark the exact center of the universe and represented as the point at which the four quarters of the earth converged – 'the navel of the earth' – one might have seen assembled at the New Year – the moment of creation, the beginning and ending of time (that’s the eternal round) – vast concourses of people, each thought to represent the entire human race in the presence of all its ancestors and gods.”

Examples: Great Pyramid at Giza & Silbury Hill (2750 BC); Stonehenge

(2500 BC); Angkor Wat; Borobudur

Similar to what 1^st happened at Adam-Ondi-Ahman (means: Adam

in the Presence of God; Adam before God) Ahman is another

name for God. Giza: Pyramid symbol for bread & Christ

(Christ is the bread of life) See my notes on Book of Abraham Facsimile #2.

AT-ONE-MENT

Purpose of sacrifice: Restore primordial unity that existed before

life on earth. Restore the whole that preceded the creation. Corruption of Christ’s sacrifice.

Primal Unity: One-ness between heaven & earth

Mystery (Nibley):

“…a mystery, by definition, is something that you keep to yourself; the Greek muo means 'to shut up.' A mystery is something you've been initiated into, and you don't convey that to the general public.” (Brother Brigham Challenges the Saints p. 414)