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|sublink5=Question: Did Joseph Smith derive his religious ideas in part from a mysticism called Kabbalah? | |sublink5=Question: Did Joseph Smith derive his religious ideas in part from a mysticism called Kabbalah? | ||
| + | |sublink6=Question: Did Joseph Smith have a Jupiter talisman on his person at the time of his death? | ||
| + | |sublink7=Question: What is the source of the story about Joseph Smith possessing a Jupiter talisman? | ||
| + | |sublink8=Question: Could the list of items on Joseph's person at the time of his death have been incomplete? | ||
| + | |sublink9=Question: What is the probability that Joseph Smith possessed items related to "magic"? | ||
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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.