Magick Mormon spectacles

According to Wikipedia, Joseph Smith, founder of the latter Day Saints,  discovered some Golden Plates after he was directed to them by a heavenly messenger whom he later identified as the angel Moroni. Smith was able to translate the plates using seer stones described as Magic Spectacles. 


This was kind of like a universal tricorder that was used in Star Trek for the enterprise crew to communicate with space aliens. 


According to Latter Day Saint beliefs, the golden plates are the source from which Joseph Smith, Jr. translated the Book of Mormon.


The plates weighed from 30 to 60 pounds, being golden or brassy in color, with thin metallic pages engraved on both sides and bound with one or more rings.

Joseph Smith was given some aids (Urim and Thummim, which looked like clear rocks) to enable him to do the translation of the Book of Mormon.

Detractors like Rightardia characterize these as "magic spectacles."

At that time many people believed that a "seer" could use a "peepstone' or crystal ball to gain information.


Smith's translation ability developed out of his earlier treasure seeking and he used a process that was nearly identical to the way Smith used seer stones for treasure hunting.

To translate, Smith said that he translated using what he called the "Urim and Thummim" spectacles with stones where the eye-pieces should be.

That is how the LDS church got its bible, the Book of Mormon. Can you believe in magick? 


source: http://home.utah.edu/~nahaj/Mormon/index.html

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