The Lost Language of Symbolism: An Essential Guide for Recognizing and Interpreting Symbols of the Gospel

I had no idea about the many symbolic things were have in the gospel. It is interesting to learn about symbolism and to be able to teach my children. This book helped me prepare my son for the temple.

This is one of the best LDS books on symbolism available. I love this book and have recommended it to friends and family. I won't repeat what the other reviewers have said, but I find that symbolism is very often overlooked in our "quick fix" society. This book helped me to get a different perspective on the scriptures. I had a new perspective on reading more interpretively. I agreed with most of the author's interpretations, but more importantly learned a new perpective which to interpret scriptures. Awesome!

Most of my life I have read snippets on symbolism especially related to the scriptures in various commentaries and brought up in discussions in classes, but have never read a good general summary of symbols until now. I received this book as a gift, and was initially not too interested, but started to read it anyway during some convalescence. It turned out to be a very good read, not too deep, but covered a lot of symbolism in a nice organized way. The chapters on numerology and directions were very interesting to me. I had often taken numbers too literally in the scriptures. The ancient meaning of directions was also interesting and added a lot to my understanding of certain scriptural passages. The other chapters covered names, animals, colors, and other symbols. I highly recommend this book for someone wanting a quick overview of symbols that will greatly aid them in their understanding of the gospel.

After reading/studying this book you will understand the Bible more fully than before. Colors, numbers, names, events, etc. take on a meaning and understanding that highten, enlighten, and underscore the meaning and interpretation of the people, events, miracles, parables, metaphors, similies, and allegories contained in the Bible.