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THEOLOGY - MAGIC / OCCULT DERIVATIONS
Temple Ornamentation
EXTERNAL LINKS
Joseph Smith: America's Hermetic Prophet - "Quite simply put, modern Mormonism--guardian of the Prophet's story--has no idea what to do with the rediscovered, historical, and rather occult Joseph Smith." Includes photographs of the Smith family "magic parchments", seer stones, and Smith's "Jupiter talisman."
Joseph Smith and Kabbalah: The Occult Connection - "The God of Joseph Smith is a daring revival of the God of some of the Kabbalists and Gnostics, prophetic sages who, like Smith himself, asserted that they had returned to the true religion...Either there was a more direct Kabbalistic influence upon Smith than we know, or, far more likely, his genius reinvented Kabbalah in the effort necessary to restore archaic Judaism."Mormons and Their Crystal Balls - quotations from church leaders regarding occult items used to receive revelation and in revelation
Occultic and Masonic Influence in Early Mormonism - "...summarizes the evidence for Joseph's personal involvement in both Freemasonry and occultism, and their influence on the Mormon religion."