THINNING OF THE VEIL
Thinning of the Veil is a podcast by Tia Smith about how heaven communicates with us — personal revelation, dreams and visions, the ministering of angels, temple worship, and connection with loved ones on the other side of the veil. Each episode explores the doctrines, patterns, and real experiences of the thinning of the veil that comes as we engage in the gathering of Israel, so the heavens can be opened to you in greater degrees. New episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
276 episodes
Brother Joseph Again | What Did Joseph Smith Really Look Like? (LDS)
Is there a real photograph of Joseph Smith? In this Latter-day Saint (LDS) episode, Tia Smith sits down with researcher Patrick Bishop and forensic artist Joseph Brickey to examine a daguerreotype hidden inside a family locket — passed down thr...
The Revelation Formula (Class 3) | How to Receive Personal Revelation | LDS YSA Course
What is the "formula" for receiving personal revelation, and how can a young single adult actually learn to hear His voice? In class 3 of this LDS (Latter-day Saint) course for YSAs, host Tia Smith breaks down the Revelation Formula — the speci...
Discerning the Voices (Class 2) | Is It Me or the Holy Ghost? | LDS YSA Course
How can you tell the difference between the Holy Ghost, your own thoughts, and the adversary when you're seeking revelation? Class 2 of this LDS (Latter-day Saint) course for YSAs is about discerning the voices — how to recognize the Light of C...
How to Part the Veil (Class 1) | Revelation & the Gathering of Israel | LDS YSA Course
How can young single adults learn to part the veil and receive revelation through the gathering of Israel? Class 1 of this LDS (Latter-day Saint) course for YSAs lays the foundation: what "parting the veil" really means, why the Lord opens the ...
How Do I Part the Veil? | What the Angel Moroni Taught Joseph Smith About Revelation (LDS)
How can you have more spiritual experiences and learn to part the veil? It's the question host Tia Smith is asked most often, and in this episode of Thinning of the Veil she answers it for Latter-day Saints (LDS) by studying a pattern from the ...
Seeing Ancestors in the Temple | President Nelson's Promise to Part the Veil | LDS
Can Latter-day Saints (LDS) really part the veil and feel deceased ancestors near them? President Russell M. Nelson promised we can — that as we do temple and family history work, spiritual doors will open, God's angels will attend us, and we w...
Are Temple Workers Cherubim? | The Angelic Role in LDS Temples
Are LDS (Latter-day Saint) temple workers cherubim? In this episode of Thinning of the Veil, host Tia Smith traces a pattern she had never noticed until just days before recording: the ancient cherubim of the Old Testament and the temple worker...
A Father's Visit After Death | President & Sister Nelson on Temple & Family History (LDS)
Can our deceased ancestors visit us from the spirit world? In this LDS (Latter-day Saint) family history message, President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy Watson Nelson share a remarkable account of a father who returned after death to visi...
Should You Keep Spiritual Experiences Sacred or Share Them? | LDS Doctrine
Should we keep our spiritual experiences sacred, or share them? It's one of the most misunderstood questions among Latter-day Saints (LDS) — and in this episode, host Tia Smith works through it using scripture and prophetic teaching to show tha...
How Do Angels Communicate? | Ministering of Angels & the Holy Ghost (LDS)
How do angels communicate with us — and why do we say it's through the Holy Ghost, even when we sense a specific ancestor? In this LDS (Latter-day Saint) episode, Tia Smith answers a listener's question by teaching that angels speak by the powe...
Patterns of Revelation Hidden in the Book of Mormon | How to Hear the Spirit (LDS)
How do you recognize the voice of the Spirit — and know a prompting is really from God? In this LDS (Latter-day Saint) episode of Thinning of the Veil, host Tia Smith sits down with author Christina Dymock — writer of Hidden Holy Days and a stu...
Two Veils | Brent L. Top on Pre-Mortality, the Spirit World & the Power of Temple Covenants (LDS)
What if understanding both sides of the veil — pre-mortal and post-mortal — is the key to making sense of mortality? Brent L. Top, retired BYU professor, author of more than 20 books, and sealer in the St. George Temple, returns to the podcast ...
Spiritual Manifestations in the Life of a Kiwi | Dreams, Visions & Temple Service — Kerstin Ngatuakana (LDS)
What if thinning of the veil experiences weren't unusual — but a normal part of how you grew up? Kerstin Ngatuakana is a New Zealand Māori Latter-day Saint who didn't realize until adulthood that others didn't grow up hearing about ancest...
"WHY HASN'T MY WORK BEEN DONE?" — Real Stories of Ancestors Reaching Through the Veil
Can little children really see the spirit world? In this episode of Thinning of the Veil, two Latter-day Saint (LDS) viewers share sacred experiences of loved ones drawing near from the other side of the veil. Elaine Peterson tells how, after h...
Elijah on Mount Carmel | The Hidden Temple Pattern of Baptism for the Dead (LDS Gathering of Israel)
What does Elijah's showdown with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel have to do with temple work and baptism for the dead? In this doctrinal Thinning of the Veil episode, host Tia Smith walks through 1 Kings 18 and shows how, thousands of year...
Wilford Woodruff & the Signers of the Declaration | The St. George Temple Vision (LDS Temple Work)
Did the signers of the Declaration of Independence really appear to a prophet and ask for their temple work to be done? In this Thinning of the Veil episode, host Tia Smith tells the remarkable account of Wilford Woodruff in the St. George Temp...
She Had a Dream- Her Friend Needed Her — Then a Miracle Happened: Discussion with Ricelli Mordecai
What if someone on the other side of the veil is waiting for you to notice them?In this episode, Tia sits down with Ricelli Mordecai, who shares the remarkable story of a dream that changed everything — her best friend, who had passed away,...
RELIEF FROM ANXIETY THROUGH REVELATORY EXPERIENCES: Conversation with Jordan Liston
We are living in a world where there is a constant stream of negativity and chaos. Anxiety is the new normal for most. There are a myriad of treatments and opinions about how anxiety should be treated. There is help in the Gathering of Israel t...
MIRACLES, MISSTEPS, AND MISSING BRANCHES
In this Gathering Academy episode, Colette testifies of a recent Thinning of the Veil experience as this ancestor was found in a most surprising way. She also covers the new QR code feature on FamilySearch that can make lost usernames and...
HIDDEN SYMBOLS OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
Solomon's temple was truly a sight to behold. For the children of Israel who lived during that time it became a permanent house of worship that reminded them that the divine presence was ever near. The symbols that were purposefully carved into...
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TEMPLE READY: FAMILYSEARCH RESERVATIONS, AND POLICIES EXPLAINED
Are you overwhelmed with a box full of family history information that needs to be put in FamilySearch? Are you confused on the new policies about temple reservations on Family Search? In this episode, Colette, addresses these specific concerns...
THE FREEING OF PRISONERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEIL: Interview with Jared White
Jared White understands the plight of those who are in prison on the other side of the veil. He himself, has experienced what must be similar feelings to those ancestors who want to be freed from their own personal darkness. During his years in...
Kids Receiving Names From the Other Side of the Veil | A FamilySearch Dad & His Sons
Can a child receive revelation on behalf of an ancestor? In this episode, host Tia Smith sits down with Brian — who has worked at FamilySearch for six years — and his two sons, 14-year-old Seth and 8-year-old Dallas, to hear how their whole fam...
ANCESTRY AI, COMMUNITY HISTORY BOOKS & FAMILYSEARCH RESEARCH
When trying to locate more information and details in genealogical research there are often underused tools available. In this episode Colette walks you through her process of locating the harder to find information using tools that many do not...
The Hidden Symbols of the Salt Lake Temple | What Temple Architecture Teaches (LDS Temple Symbolism)
What do all the symbols on Latter-day Saint temples actually mean — the sunstones, moonstones, star stones, the six towers, and the angel Moroni? In this Thinning of the Veil teaching episode, host Tia Smith reads and reflects on Richard O. Cow...
