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The book repeatedly claims, citing Francis King, that Barrett's ''The Magus'' "played an important part in the English revival of magic." | The book repeatedly claims, citing Francis King, that Barrett's ''The Magus'' "played an important part in the English revival of magic." | ||
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{{disinformation|The author provides no new citations or data between editions. Yet, he alters his claim—without evidence, and despite his cited sources—to suit his thesis. | {{disinformation|The author provides no new citations or data between editions. Yet, he alters his claim—without evidence, and despite his cited sources—to suit his thesis. |
Claims made in "Chapter 2: Divining Rods, Treasure-Digging, and Seer Stones" | A FAIR Analysis of: Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, a work by author: D. Michael Quinn
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Claims made in "Chapter 4: Magic Parchments and Occult Mentors" |
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Joseph is claimed to have considered the date April 6th to have "astrological significance" as the "DAY-FATAL-ITY."
- This claim is also cited in Becoming Gods p. 38, 345n100.
The book repeatedly claims, citing Francis King, that Barrett's The Magus "played an important part in the English revival of magic."Author's sources:
- Francis King, Magic: The Western Tradition (London: Thames and Hudson, 1975), 17.
- E.M. Butler, Ritual Magic (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1949), 254.
- Cavendish, Man, Myth & Magic 2:221
- Nevill Drury, Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985), 25
- National Union Catalog of Pre-1956 Imprints, 36:563.
"But what "revival of magic" is King discussing? The revival of the late, not the early, nineteenth century. This is clear from the fact that the only specific example of Barrett's influence on a magic revival that King discusses is Frederick Hockley, who reprinted Barrett's book in 1870."
From the first edition (D. Michael Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1987), 67. [i.e. 1st edition]):"...how extensively Barrett's Magus circulated in the United States during the early nineteenth century is unknown."
- From the second edition (D. Michael Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, revised and enlarged edition, (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998), 84. [i.e. 2nd edition]):
"... Barrett's Magus "created an immediate sensation. . . . Barrett's book and teachings were also widely available to Smith's generation [in America]."
Author's sources:
- W. D. Bellhouse, "A Complete System of Magic," 38-39, manuscript (ca. 1852), Magic Collection, Mnuscript Division, New York Public Library, New York City, New York.
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