Remembering Solzhenitsyn - Déjà Vu from 1978

Fifty years ago, in 1976, the exiled writer and political dissident, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn¹ moved to Vermont USA. Two years later, in 1978, he delivered a commencement speech at HARVARD that shocked his Western audience. This year, 2026, his son, Ignat Solzhenitsyn,² repeated the address at the ARC Conference 2026.³ The shock has long gone, but has there been sufficient recognition of the prophetic relevance?

Solzhenitsyn — The Greatest Speech in the History of the West (50 years later) | [ARC 2026]
(Alliance for Responsible Citizenship | June 23, 2026) | Time 12:43 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QAxePQMhc&t=634s

For those interested, here is the original:

"A World Split Apart" -- Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's 1978 Commencement Address at Harvard
(Martyrius Smith | Aug 20, 2023 | Time 1:00:32 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SASoCrVYQo

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
Background:
The Speech That Cost Solzhenitsyn Everything | Harvard Commencement Address 1978
(HistoryStoic Insights | Sep 19, 2024 | Time 5:29 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHRUKuUK-I
2. "Ignat Solzhenitsyn is recognised as one of today's most gifted artists. Enjoying an active international career as both conductor and pianist, his lyrical and poignant interpretations have won him critical acclaim worldwide. He is a son of the renowned Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QAxePQMhc&t=634s (from notes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignat_Solzhenitsyn
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Responsible_Citizenship
ARC Conference addresses 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4PgStjM9h4zCwvzFfR478nVwGccGunM_

The Appearance of Things?

Nine years ago (Nov 17, 2017¹) I wrote about how we were already seeing, with the use of technology, an escalating, deliberate mix-up of what is true with what is false. Today, the capacity for mix-up is even more sophisticated. How can we be sure that what we think we see or think we hear is the real person, the real voice of the one purported to be in our presence? The CIA itself has become quite public about its nearly imperceptible skills in deception and disguise.² If the CIA (and Hollywood) have such skills and technology, who else?

So with serious accusations coming out about high-profile people in the Church,³ we are left to wonder if:

1) the accusations are shockingly true;
2) witnesses are lying for some personal motivation or mental-health issue; or
3) witnesses under situations of extreme fear, stress, and abuse have been manipulated to see and report as factual, events manufactured for appearance, thus creating witnesses giving adamant testimony that is (unknown to them) based on falsified, sophisticated mimicry of real or masked doppelgängers.⁴

Deception by those pursuing or protecting power, gain, glory, and domination has become so easy when there is motivation to destroy trust and reputation, and what would the adversary of truth (and his servitors) find more motivating than to steal, kill, and destroy trust and confidence in genuine servants of God (and / or witnesses) while, at the same time, elevating offending imposters?

The adversary is expert in making things appear to be what they are not:

20 ... The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light!  (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 128:20)

9 ... yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.  (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 9:9)

13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (New Testament | 2 Corinthians 11:13 - 15)

So what is the truth in these accusations? On the one hand, satan is an accuser of striving, repenting, forgiven souls, and on the other hand, an author, seducer, protector of corruption and counterfeit.

Are we open to the truth, whatever it proves to be? We know from Ezekiel 8⁵ that corruption is tragically possible even at the highest levels and in the most sacred places. We know too from the Balaam strategy⁶ that corruption is the ever repeating agenda of the adversary to destroy God's people.

In this age of deception and lying wonders, how careful we must be.

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1. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2017/11/mix-up.html
2. Testimonies of sophisticated disguise:
• Deception, Illusion, and Espionage: An Unlikely Recipe for Success | Jonna Mendez | TEDxFoggyBottom at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctMx-8lljU
• CIA DECLASSIFIED : JONNA MENDEZ FORMER CIA CHIEF of DISGUISE at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv2sF5NC6B8
•https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-cia-chief-of-disguise-breaks-down-the-reality-behind-mission-impossible/
•https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-cia-disguise-chief-the-mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-gadget/
3. Just one example of several in recent years: Petersen Twins Expose Heber: Ritual Abuse and Blood Atonement [naming Elder David A. Bednar at circa 2:34:50 min.] We Are the People Utah at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ekezLucFaw&t=12632s
4. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/doppelganger-probabilities.html
5. Old Testament | Ezekiel 8:Heading
Ezekiel sees in vision the wickedness and abominations of the Jews in Jerusalem—He sees idolatry [and much more] practiced in the temple itself.
6. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/deja-vu-doctrine-of-balaam-doctrine-of.html/

Amos - From the Dust?

How many times must history repeat?

The Book of Amos Explained: The Shepherd Who Saw What Nobody Else Would Say
(Deep Made Simple | Apr 27, 2026 | Time 25:43 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyLZgVGZ-F0

Also, another of many possible:
Book of Amos Summary: A Complete Animated Overview
(BibleProject | May 7, 2016 | Time 7:13 min,) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGgWaPGpGz4

Cardston Alberta Temple - 35 years since last re-dedication in 1991

Invitation for Public Tours
of Renovated Temple 1991

In a further bid to raise awareness and to document history, I post a copy of an email sent to one who must surely care:

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April 14, 2026

Dear _______________:

For your awareness, I am appending a copy of a letter I recently sent to several offices in Salt Lake respecting the Cardston Alberta Temple. Over the past number of years, I have observed (along with many historical preservationists) the controversies surrounding our pioneer temple renovations and the change of reno plans that were sometimes made when people expressed their concerns.

I know some may not agree with questioning those in leadership, but I think of the daughters of Zelophehad in Old Testament Numbers 27 when they brought their concerns to Moses and the Lord told Moses “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right” (v. 7).

I’m not saying I am right. I’m saying that almost two years ago when I heard “rumours” of extensive Cardston Alberta Temple remodel plans, I felt greatly unsettled, and more so as I observed the morphing of the promised “restore and refresh” of the Salt Lake Temple into a complete removal and rebuild of the interior into single-room instruction.

I have been praying that the unique, beautiful, progressive Cardston Alberta Temple would be preserved as it was dedicated to be (if that be God’s will). Many in the Church are not even aware of the progressive structure of the first temples because their only experience has been in single-room instruction. So much history and symbolism are vanishing, in part, in the name of speed and efficiency.

As well, I do not understand seismic concern because both dedicatory prayers for Salt Lake (1893*) and Cardston (1991 re-dedication**) address that issue directly.

Please, do not feel any obligation to respond. I just wanted you to be aware of my letter and concerns expressed to the powers in Salt Lake.

Sincerely,
[SM]Smith
...

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* Dedicatory Prayer - Salt Lake Temple, April 6, 1893
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/dedicatory-prayer/salt-lake-temple/1893-04-06?lang=eng [13th paragraph]
“Preserve these buildings, we beseech Thee, from injury or destruction by flood or fire; from the rage of the elements, the shafts of the vivid lightning, the overwhelming blasts of the hurricane, the flames of consuming fire, and the upheavals of the earth-quake, O Lord, protect them.”
** Dedicatory Prayer - Cardston Alberta Temple, June 22, 1991
https://www.thechurchnews.com/1991/6/29/23260491/cardston-alberta-temple-touch-the-hearts-of-thy-people-with-the-spirit-of-elijah-the-prophet/
“We dedicate the structure from the footings and foundation to the highest elevation of the roof that it may stand firm and immovable against any trembling of the earth and against the storms of nature that may beat upon these walls. We pray that thou wilt preserve it from desecration at the hands of any with evil intent.”
▪ Dedicatory Prayer - Cardston Alberta Temple, August 26, 1923
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/dedicatory-prayer/cardston-alberta-temple/1923-08-26?lang=eng “Protect this building from the powers and elements of destruction.”

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Since the letter I sent to the powers in Salt Lake was produced at https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2026/04/alberta-temple.html, I do not include it again here.

Cardston Alberta Temple

Alberta Temple 1970s

Recently, I was in the right place at the right time to hear a person in-the-know say that millions in materials had been purchased and architectural drawing made for renovating the Cardston Alberta Temple, which of course gave more credence to the renovation rumours that prompted the first Cardston Alberta Temple posts of 2024 & 2025:

▪  https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/08/saving-restored-cardston-alberta-temple.html

▪  https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-slippery-seismic-slope.html

▪  https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2025/02/invitation-to-pray-for-cardston-alberta.html

Here is my recent appeal to the Church to leave the Cardston Alberta Temple in its historic beauty and  progressive pattern. 

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Dear Brothers & Sisters:
     Presiding Bishopric: W. Christopher Waddell; L. Todd Budge; Sean Douglas
     Temple Department executive director: Elder Steven R. Bangerter
     Temple Department Assistant Executive Director: Elder James R. Rasband
     Temple and Family History Executive Council: Chair Elder Neil L. Andersen;
         Elder Patrick Kearon; President Susan H. Porter; Sister Kristin M. Yee;
         Bishop W. Christopher Waddell; Elder Mark A. Bragg; Elder Kevin R. Duncan;
         Stephen T. Rockwood; Michael Suhaka; L. Todd Budge.
     Presidency of the Seventy, Senior President: S. Mark Palmer.

Date: 8 April 2026 [Snail-mailed April 9, 2026]

Subject: Preserving the historic Cardston Alberta Temple

WHEREAS:
▪ millions of dollars of materials are reported to have been purchased and are in storage for the unannounced “renovation” of the Cardston Alberta Temple;
▪ draft architectural plans for the proposed project have been seen by some;
▪ this temple is designated a Church Historic Landmark¹;
▪ this temple is designated (both interior and exterior) a Canadian Historic Site² and is noted in the Alberta Heritage Survey Program³;
▪ the first historic temples were built according to a revealed, progressive pattern⁴;
▪ the re-dedicatory prayer (June 22, 1991) given by President Hinckley after historic preservation (1980s) by architect Michael Gibb contains this preserving paragraph against seismic events:

“We dedicate the structure from the footings and foundation to the highest elevation of the roof that it may stand firm and immovable against any trembling of the earth and against the storms of nature that may beat upon these walls. We pray that thou wilt preserve it from desecration at the hands of any with evil intent.”⁵

▪ the nearby Lethbridge Alberta Temple (now under construction with its simpler design) can relieve access and accommodation pressure from the Cardston temple thus helping justify the preservation of its pattern, history, style, and beauty just as the nearby Ephraim Utah temple did for preserving the Manti temple;

THEREFORE, with all due respect, in a spirit of transparency, recognition, common consent, and reciprocal respect for:

▪ the residents of Cardston and the Cardston Alberta Temple District
▪ the design and craftsmanship of original, gifted architects Pope and Burton of the early 1900s;
▪ the preserving work of architect Michael Gibb in the latter 1980s;
▪ the historical designations by the Church and the government of Canada;
▪ the enduring beauty and uniqueness of the architecture, woods, windows, murals, furnishings, etc.,

will the Church please call a public information meeting for southern Alberta leaders and members to be held in Cardston during summer / fall 2026 to explain the intentions and proposed renovations with an opportunity for questions and feedback?

Many in southern Alberta are aware of the renovation controversies surrounding the Logan, St. George, Manti, and Salt Lake temples and have heightened concern for what might be intended especially when the terms “restore and refresh” were frequently used which created an expectation of historical preservation that did not materialize for some.

Sincerely,
[SM]Smith
[Affiliated Stake]
[email address]
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1. Once listed (as recently as August 2025) at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/cardston-temple-history?lang=eng which has now disappeared, though recoverable at archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20250827003149/https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/cardston-temple-history?lang=eng
2. Canada: Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints National Historic Site of Canada
https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=16&i=72598
▪ Alberta temple named Canada historic site
23 Sept 1995, By Dennis Barnes, Church News contributor
https://www.thechurchnews.com/1995/9/23/23254968/alberta-temple-named-canada-historic-site/
“The plaque presentation and ceremony was the result of a cooperative effort by the Department of Canadian Heritage, Parks of Canada, the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and the Church. In November 1992, the monuments board recommended the temple be commemorated in honor of the dedication, hard work, skill and energy of the early Church pioneers in the Cardston area. ... / Sen. Olsen told the audience it is important to find one's roots to give meaning to the past, present and future. He said the events and places people choose to celebrate are crucial to telling the story of the rich pioneer heritage. He also thanked the Church for its careful stewardship of the temple and for preserving its architecture and cultural history for the people of Canada. ... / Following the ceremonies, a public reception was held in the cultural hall, and the plaque was displayed. The plaque's inscription reads: "A striking modern building dominating Canada's first Mormon settlement, the Alberta Temple is an architectural and historic monument of national significance. Designed in 1912 by Pope and Burton of Salt Lake City, its geometric composition of white granite blends ancient and modern themes, notably Mayan-Aztec and the Prairie School architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Special rooms reserved for sacred ceremonies are richly embellished with woodwork, murals and furnishings. Restored in 1991 with meticulous care, this building emphasizes the pre-eminent place of the temple in the Mormon religion."
▪ Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints National Historic Site of Canada
https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=16&i=72599
▪ https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12645&pid=0s
▪ https://lethbridgeherald.com/sunny-escapes/2025/06/04/exploring-the-cardston-alberta-temple-a-historic-canadian-landmark/
▪ https://www.thechurchnews.com/almanac/temples/cardston-alberta/ temple
▪ https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12645
▪ https://theshaunavonstandard.com/sunny-escapes/2025/06/04/exploring-the-cardston-alberta-temple-a-historic-canadian-landmark/
▪ Cardston Temple Centennial: Monument of Faith | https://news-ca.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/cardston-temple-centennial--monument-of-faith
3. Alberta: https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=2&ObjectID=HS+15030
4. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 115:14-16
5. https://www.thechurchnews.com/1991/6/29/23260491/cardston-alberta-temple-touch-the-hearts-of-thy-people-with-the-spirit-of-elijah-the-prophet/

Repeating the Pattern: Abominations at Home & Abroad

Since the course of study this year is Old Testament, how about every time the phrases Children of Israel, House of Israel, or House of Judah appear in our reading, we apply the nearby lamentation to our day by reading USA* in place of House of Judah / Jerusalem and Canada* in place of Israel / Samaria? Would that awaken us to reality?

How often do we recognize the scriptural denunciations of God's people by God himself** because of their repeating, repeating rebellions? How many times did Israel [Canada] and Judah [USA] turn their backs on every one of the Ten Commandments and thus on the God they pretended to honor? Remember Ezekiel 23 and the two a whoring sisters: Aholah (Samaria) and Aholibah (Jerusalem)? Can we see the parallels? Where is a righteous remnant to be found? Do we think it is us***?

This Is What Evil Looks Like
(Truthstream Media | Mar 17, 2026 | Time 48:49 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw3xIRQ8rlg

19 For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming.
20 Behold, I tell you these things, even as I also told the people of the destruction of Jerusalem; and my word shall be verified at this time as it hath hitherto been verified.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 5:19 - 20)

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* Lands of Promise for the establishment of freedom of religion and other freedoms and rights, BUT, in déjà vu:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-evils-which-stalk-at-home.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-mahan-strategy.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2025/12/government-assisted-suicide-gasing-of.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/02/psrs-operation-big-chill-obc.html
** https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2014/01/gods-lament.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2012/02/in-house-of-my-friends-1.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/03/isaiahs-lamentations.html
*** https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2025/09/intrinsic.html

VI: Commodifying of Children

One of the great Maydays of our times is the increasing commodifying of children. The facts — not just in the Epstein files,¹ but briefly, partially raised and then quickly vanished in local newscasts all over the world — are so horrific that most will not believe what is being selectively revealed. Thus, how prescient this forgotten history is for the mind-set of buying, selling, displaying, distributing, experimenting upon, etc. of “parentless” babies; reminiscent of godless ideologies and hypocritical, virtue-signaling nations. Makes one wonder if we know the meaning of being civilized.

The First Movie Ever Made Was About Babies Growing in a Garden 1896 Story
(Erased Century | Mar 1, 2026 | Time 15:56 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DfUjc7eb8U

The commodifying of children (not to mention, men and women) has been an ever-present corruption in history, yet in our technified times, we seem unable to process that reality of what we humans have descended to in pursuit of willful, obsessive thoughts and desires.

Below are a few of the endless stories and witness of modern-day trafficking, commodifying, and abuse:

• Straight to the Point: Sexual Abuse Epidemic in Public Schools
(LA Times Studios | Feb 19, 2026 | Time 17:10 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAi-Wubx8tc
• 60 Children Rescued in Massive Bay Area Human Trafficking Bust | Undercover Operation EXPOSED
(WFLA News Channel 8 | June 24, 2025 | Time 2:56 min) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWraAy4uhH4
• Nearly 40 missing teens found, rescued in Riverside County
(NBCLA | Mar 13, 2026 | Time 2:41 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5hihwxcdNg
• 19 children rescued from sex trafficking in San Diego
(FOX 5 San Diego | Dec 23, 2025 | Time 2:21 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqorpRrt30k
• 109 children rescued, 244 arrested in North Texas, exposing widespread child exploitation
(CBS Texas | Jun 10, 2025 | Time 2:08 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGePr9OILfI
• 225 Children RESCUED in Back-to-Back Florida Operations!
(Hoot Done It | Mar 10, 2026 | Time 13:38 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vy-mDNnNbg
• Children rescued in sex trafficking sweep
(Fox 13 Seattle | Aug 8, 2019 | Time 1:54 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0hLmXG92ic
• Black Market Babies (Full Episode) | Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller
(National Geographic | Jan 12, 2025 | Time 44:27 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ5VWmOxZwU
• Exposing India's Illegal Baby Trade
(Journeyman Pictures | Jun 16, 2016 | Time 26:49 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pfFG91aGX8
• The hunt for India's stolen children
(The Guardian | Jun 13, 2023 | Time 14:50 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBo4NXHxoiY
• Tim Tebow Testifies a Senate Hearing on Child Trafficking
(C-Span | Mar 3, 2026 | Time 5:25 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5So3vRGTAb8
• Sue Black Catches Paedophiles by Looking at the Marks on Their Hands
(Wired UK | Feb 20, 2018 | Time 16:59 mon.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjqa8oTikP8&t=10s
• What's Going On with Child Trafficking and Why Doesn't It Get News Coverage?
(JRE Clips | Oct 15, 2020 | Time 10:40 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnFnyC3v0zU
• Know the Signs: End Human Trafficking
(ZOE International | Aug 8, 2016 | Time 2:19 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFQqU3O9GM

How long will God tolerate these abominations? They are being exposed every day, including SRA, but almost no Justice and Judgment for the many so-called elites and kingpins who, not just allow and protect many predators, but actively engage in conscienceless abuse and commodifying of women and children. This horror has been going on for years and only now are some awakening to the utterly-debased “appetite and culture” that has come to possess this land of promise.

Now that some of our prayers for exposure of crimes and corruptions have begun to be answered, let us unceasingly pray and campaign for:

▪ Justice and Judgment that repentance might come²;
▪ help and healing for the children and adult survivors of CSA and SRA;
▪ help and healing for the men and women caught up as victims;
▪ the courage to repent of our unbelief and inaction, to speak-up, and to help however and where ever the Spirit directs.

How much of Doctrine and Covenants Section 123³ applies to the imperatives of this day?

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1. "They Are Above The Law" - Nick Bryant on Epstein, CIA, Zorro Ranch, Cloning & More...
(Mario Nawful | Feb 22, 2026 | Time 59:55 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWcBUPaMfQ4&t=1592s
and in many evolving analyses as more info is released
2. Book of Mormon | Moroni 8:28
     28 Pray for them, my son[s and daughters], that repentance may come unto them.
3. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/123?lang=eng