Chapters 9 and 10 Summary and Analysis

In chapter nine, a man addressed the group in the Creation room. The men were called "Brethren" and told they were being anointed as kings and priest of the church. The women, the "Sisters," were becoming queens and priestesses to their husbands. They were warned if they failed in their devotion, they would come before God for judgment. Two men performed a drama depicting how the world was created from "matter unorganized." The group heard that Michael had helped form the earth and later Elohim and Jehovah caused him to fall into a deep sleep, after which he awoke and became Adam.

The drama continued with the Mormon version of the temptation of Adam and Eve. Lucifer tempted them with fruit and told them to wear fig leaves so they wouldn't upset God. The narrator of the play instructed...