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Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic
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Contents
Criticism
A brief explanation of the criticism.
Source(s) of the Criticism
- John L. Brooke, The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994),
- D. Michael Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1987).
Response
The response should be brief and summary in nature.
Conclusion
A summary of the argument against the criticism.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
- Links to related articles in the wiki
FAIR web site
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Joseph Smith [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai057 FairMormon link]
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Character [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai060 FairMormon link]
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Family and Background [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai058 FairMormon link]
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Jupiter Talisman [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai179 FairMormon link]
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Treasure digging [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai249 FairMormon link]
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Character [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai060 FairMormon link]
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Magic and occult [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai134 FairMormon link]
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Seer stones [www.fairlds.org/apol/ai252 FairMormon link]
External links
- John Gee, "Abracadabra, Isaac and Jacob (Review of The Use of Egyptian Magical Papyri to Authenticate the Book of Abraham: A Critical Review by Edward H. Ashment)," FARMS Review of Books 7/1 (1995): 19–84. off-site
- John Gee, "'Bird Island' Revisited, or the Book of Mormon through Pyramidal Kabbalistic Glasses: Review of Written by the Finger of God: A Testimony of Joseph Smith's Translations by Joe Sampson," FARMS Review of Books 7/1 (1995): 219–228. off-site
- John Gee, "Review of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, revised and enlarged edition, by D. Michael Quinn," FARMS Review of Books 12/2 (2000): 185–224. [{{{url}}} off-site]
- William J. Hamblin, "'Everything Is Everything': Was Joseph Smith Influenced by Kabbalah? Review of Joseph Smith and Kabbalah: The Occult Connection by Lance S. Owens," FARMS Review of Books 8/2 (1996): 251–325. off-site
- William J. Hamblin, "That Old Black Magic (Review of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, revised and enlarged edition, by D. Michael Quinn)," FARMS Review of Books 12/2 (2000): 225–394. [{{{url}}} off-site]
- Rhett S. James, "Writing History Must Not Be an Act of Magic (Review of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, revised and enlarged edition, by D. Michael Quinn)," FARMS Review of Books 12/2 (2000): 395–414. [{{{url}}} off-site]
Printed material
- William J. Hamblin, Daniel C. Peterson, and George L. Mitton BYU Studies 34:4 (1994–95): 167–81
- Davis Bitton BYU Studies 34:4 (1994–95): 182–92.