Scrying for the Lord: Magic, Mysticism, and the Origins of the Book of Mormon
2003; University of Illinois Press; Volume: 36; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/45227185
ISSN1554-9631
Autores Tópico(s)Archaeology and Natural History
Resumoup in a time and place where folk magic was an accepted part of the landscape.Before he was a prophet, he was a diviner, or more specifically, a scryer who used his peepstone to discover the location of buried treasure.While most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the twenty-first century know nothing of Joseph's magical practices, there is ample evidence to support the claim that they occurred.
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