Helen Mar Whitney as Dreamer and Priestess Helen Mar Whitney, in her l888-96 diaries, records many dreams, a liminal territory of visitations from benign and demonic spirits. The dreams reflect anxieties on both a micro (personal, familial) and macro (historical) level. Her diaries include many occasions where Helen and her women friends blessed and anointed each other. Clearly, Helen believes women have priesthood. These themes give insight into a Mormon woman’s spirituality at the end of the 19th century. Assignment: Helen Mar Whitney chapter in In Sacred Loneliness (a quiz will be given!)

Todd M. Compton, Robert Larsen