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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 Early members believed in "witchcraft"
- 1.1.5 Book of Mormon recovered on autumnal equinox
- 1.1.6 Kabbalah influence
- 1.1.7 Jupiter talisman
- 1.1.8 Magician Walters as a mentor?
- 1.1.9 Magick parchments
- 1.1.10 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.