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Okay, let's go ahead and talk about whatever you're comfortable sharing about the second

anointing. My sense is that our listeners would love as much detail as you're comfortable

providing, even if it's repetitive to what Tom Phillips shared. For those who have never

listened, we did interview with Tom Phillips who is a British gentleman who served, I think,

as a resident twice, worked with the area and then eventually received this ordinance called the

Second Anointing. Please go back and listen to that. It's definitely in our top three most popular

episodes of all time. But don't feel like you need to worry about repetition. What can you

tell us about? Number one, how you even maybe were selected because we remember from the

Tom Phillips interview, one of the, you know, for those you don't know, the second anointing

is the special secret ordinance that Mormons can receive if they're kind of reaching the

upper echelons of leadership or financial contribution to the church, frankly. And it's this ordinance

where you go to the temple and you're basically, as I understand it, promised that you've

arrived at the celestial kingdom and you're sort of, you're calling an election as made sure.

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