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|summary=Citing Joseph Smith's experiences with folk magic, treasure seeking and seer stones, it is claimed that Joseph Smith's spiritual experiences were originally products of magic and the occult. Some charge that only much later did Joseph retrofit his experiences in Christian, religious terms: speaking of God, angels, and prophethood rather than in terms of magic, treasure guardians and scrying. It is also claimed that a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters became popular in the Palmyra area, and that when Walters left the area, "his mantle fell upon" Joseph Smith. | |summary=Citing Joseph Smith's experiences with folk magic, treasure seeking and seer stones, it is claimed that Joseph Smith's spiritual experiences were originally products of magic and the occult. Some charge that only much later did Joseph retrofit his experiences in Christian, religious terms: speaking of God, angels, and prophethood rather than in terms of magic, treasure guardians and scrying. It is also claimed that a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters became popular in the Palmyra area, and that when Walters left the area, "his mantle fell upon" Joseph Smith. | ||
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|sublink7=Question: Was a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters Joseph Smith's "mentor"? | |sublink7=Question: Was a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters Joseph Smith's "mentor"? | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Lucy Mack Smith on "faculty of Abrac" and "magic circles" | |link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Lucy Mack Smith on "faculty of Abrac" and "magic circles" | ||
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|summary=Is Lucy Mack Smith's discussion of the "faculty of Abrac" and "magic circles" evidence for the strong role which "magick" played in the Smith family's early life? | |summary=Is Lucy Mack Smith's discussion of the "faculty of Abrac" and "magic circles" evidence for the strong role which "magick" played in the Smith family's early life? | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Joseph Smith, Sr., and "divination" | |link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Joseph Smith, Sr., and "divination" | ||
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|summary=Did Joseph Smith, Sr., practice "divination," and is this evidence for the strong role which "magick" played in the Smith family's early life? | |summary=Did Joseph Smith, Sr., practice "divination," and is this evidence for the strong role which "magick" played in the Smith family's early life? | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Early members believed in "witchcraft" | |link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Early members believed in "witchcraft" | ||
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|summary=Did early members of the Church believe in witchcraft? Was Joseph Smith involved in "the occult?" | |summary=Did early members of the Church believe in witchcraft? Was Joseph Smith involved in "the occult?" | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Book of Mormon recovered on autumnal equinox | |link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Book of Mormon recovered on autumnal equinox | ||
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|summary=Was Joseph Smith's alleged preoccupation with "magick" supported by the fact that meetings with Moroni and the recovery of the Book of Mormon occurred on the autumnal equinox, a date with astrological and magical significance? | |summary=Was Joseph Smith's alleged preoccupation with "magick" supported by the fact that meetings with Moroni and the recovery of the Book of Mormon occurred on the autumnal equinox, a date with astrological and magical significance? | ||
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|summary=Were Joseph Smith's religious ideas derived in part from Kabbalah, a type of (usually Jewish) mysticism? | |summary=Were Joseph Smith's religious ideas derived in part from Kabbalah, a type of (usually Jewish) mysticism? | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Jupiter talisman | |link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Jupiter talisman | ||
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|summary=Did Joseph Smith have a Jupiter Talisman on his person when he was martyred? Is this proof of his fascination with the occult? | |summary=Did Joseph Smith have a Jupiter Talisman on his person when he was martyred? Is this proof of his fascination with the occult? | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/The_magician_Walters_as_a_mentor_to_Joseph_Smith | |link=Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/The_magician_Walters_as_a_mentor_to_Joseph_Smith | ||
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|summary=A "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters became popular in the Palmyra area. When Walters left the area, did "his mantle" fall upon Joseph Smith? | |summary=A "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters became popular in the Palmyra area. When Walters left the area, did "his mantle" fall upon Joseph Smith? | ||
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|summary=Did the Smith family own "magic parchments," and does this suggest their involvement in the "occult?" | |summary=Did the Smith family own "magic parchments," and does this suggest their involvement in the "occult?" | ||
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Contents
- 1 Joseph Smith, occultism and magic
- 1.1 Joseph Smith and the "occult" or "magick"
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2 The origin of Joseph Smith's spiritual experiences
- 1.1.3 Joseph Smith's family and "folk magic"
- 1.1.4 Lucy Mack Smith on "faculty of Abrac" and "magic circles"
- 1.1.5 Joseph Smith, Sr., and "divination"
- 1.1.6 Early members believed in "witchcraft"
- 1.1.7 Book of Mormon recovered on autumnal equinox
- 1.1.8 Kabbalah influence
- 1.1.9 Jupiter talisman
- 1.1.10 Magician Walters as a mentor?
- 1.1.11 Magick parchments
- 1.1.12 Mars dagger
- 1.1 Joseph Smith and the "occult" or "magick"
Joseph Smith, occultism and magic
Joseph Smith and the "occult" or "magick"
Summary: Citing Joseph Smith's experiences with folk magic, treasure seeking and seer stones, it is claimed that Joseph Smith's spiritual experiences were originally products of magic and the occult. Some charge that only much later did Joseph retrofit his experiences in Christian, religious terms: speaking of God, angels, and prophethood rather than in terms of magic, treasure guardians and scrying. It is also claimed that a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters became popular in the Palmyra area, and that when Walters left the area, "his mantle fell upon" Joseph Smith.