As a student I would like an ask for Clarification but Bro. NIBLEY always seems to be on a roll. Just, such it up, be patient and he will hit all the high spots sooner or later.

There's a great book by an LDS author that shows that there's perfect harmony between the prophetic statements concerning the garden of Eden being in Missouri and the Old Testament account concerning the garden of Eden. It's called Canaan, Babylon, and Egypt A Comparative Theological Analysis on Creation sold by Eborn Books.

Dr. Hugh Nibley “A few faded and tattered little scraps of papyrus may serve to remind the Latter-day Saints of how sadly they have neglected serious education...Not only has our image suffered by such tragic neglect, but now in the moment of truth the Mormons have to face the world unprepared, after having been given a hundred years’ fair warning.” [Dr. Hugh Nibley, BYU Studies, Winter 1968, pages 171-172]