Publisher 1985 OCLC 18921101 | Pages 413 Page count 413 | |
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Selected Manifestations: Being an Unofficial Collection of Temple Dedicatory Prayers, Revelations, Visions, Dreams, Doctrinal Expositions, & Other Inspired Declarations Not Presently Included in the Official Canon of Scriptures Known as the Four Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a 413-page book self-published in 1985 by David M. and Vonda S. Reay. It is a compilation of scarce, non-canonical revelations of leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Contents
Contents
The book contains 185 revelations, some of which are very short or intended for a specific individual rather than general readers. The library of the church-owned Brigham Young University (BYU) identifies the book as containing "Private revelations".
Each revelation is presented in its own enumerated "section" which is further divided into numbered verses. Although these revelations are excluded from the accepted canon of the LDS Church, they are presented in a very similar format to the church's canonical Doctrine and Covenants (D&C), which also contains revelations of LDS Church leaders divided into "sections" and verses. The book billed itself as belonging "alongside the four Standard Works" because it contained nearly all the revelations and declarations of the church's Apostles and Prophets that weren't already included in the D&C.
The various revelations in the book include:
Also included are revelations to David O. McKay and others, and famous speeches from such figures as Boyd K. Packer and Bruce R. McConkie. In addition, the book contained dedication prayers for all the church's Temples at that time, as well as for uncompleted sites, such as Independence, Far West, and Adam-Ondi-Ahman. Among the twelve appendices is a bibliography on the D&C and a list of the Priesthood Courses of Study.
Scarcity
Shortly after publication in 1985, Selected Manifestations was recalled from retailer bookshelves, reportedly over copyright concerns with the LDS Church. Some allege the church tried to stop its publication and ordered the authors, who were members of the church in Oakland, California, to stop selling it. Copies of the book are rare (it is believed that only about 200 copies exist) and sell for $300 to $800 on the rare book market. Rare Mormon books dealer Benchmark Books identifies the book on its "Want List" and collector Tom Kimball asserts it is desirable and increasingly scarce. It is however available online in a pdf format.