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| * [[Question: What is the distinction between belief in "folk magic" and a religious belief in the supernatural|Question: What is the distinction between belief in "folk magic" and a religious belief in the supernatural]] | | * [[Gospel Topics: Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them|Gospel Topics: Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them]] |
| * [[Question: Were Joseph Smith's spiritual experiences originally products of magic and the occult|Question: Were Joseph Smith's spiritual experiences originally products of magic and the occult]] | | * [[Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a female divine person, a "Heavenly Mother" as counterpart to God, the Heavenly Father|Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a female divine person, a "Heavenly Mother" as counterpart to God, the Heavenly Father]] |
| * [[Question: What were the attitudes of Joseph Smith and his contemporaries toward "magic"|Question: What were the attitudes of Joseph Smith and his contemporaries toward "magic"]]
| | * [[Question: Are we allowed to pray to our "Heavenly Mother"|Question: Are we allowed to pray to our "Heavenly Mother"]] |
| * [[Question: How did Joseph Smith use his seer stones as a youth|Question: How did Joseph Smith use his seer stones as a youth]]
| | * [[Question: Is it true that little is known about our Heavenly Mother because she is "protected"|Question: Is it true that little is known about our Heavenly Mother because she is "protected"]] |
| * [[Question: Was a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters Joseph Smith's "mentor"|Question: Was a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters Joseph Smith's "mentor"]]
| | * [[Question: Is Heavenly Mother not talked about more because the prophets are sexist|Question: Is Heavenly Mother not talked about more because the prophets are sexist]] |
| * [[Question: Does Lucy Mack Smith's mention of the "faculty of Abrac" and "magic circles" evidence that "magick" played a strong role in the Smith family's early life|Question: Does Lucy Mack Smith's mention of the "faculty of Abrac" and "magic circles" evidence that "magick" played a strong role in the Smith family's early life]]
| | * [[BYU Studies Article: A Mother There|BYU Studies Article: A Mother There]] |
| * [[Question: Did Joseph Smith, Sr. practice "divination"|Question: Did Joseph Smith, Sr. practice "divination"]]
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| * [[Question: Did early members of the "Mormon" Church believe in witchcraft|Question: Did early members of the "Mormon" Church believe in witchcraft]] | |
| * [[Question: Was the fact that the recovery of the Book of Mormon plates occurred on the autumnal equinox somehow significant|Question: Was the fact that the recovery of the Book of Mormon plates occurred on the autumnal equinox somehow significant]] | |
| * [[Question: Did Joseph Smith derive his religious ideas in part from a mysticism called Kabbalah|Question: Did Joseph Smith derive his religious ideas in part from a mysticism called Kabbalah]]
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| * [[Question: Did Joseph Smith have a Jupiter talisman on his person at the time of his death|Question: Did Joseph Smith have a Jupiter talisman on his person at the time of his death]]
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| * [[Question: What is the source of the story about Joseph Smith possessing a Jupiter talisman|Question: What is the source of the story about Joseph Smith possessing a Jupiter talisman]]
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| * [[Stephen Robinson: "In the case of the Jupiter coin, this same extrapolation error is compounded with a very uncritical acceptance of the artifact in the first place"|Stephen Robinson: "In the case of the Jupiter coin, this same extrapolation error is compounded with a very uncritical acceptance of the artifact in the first place"]]
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| * [[Question: Could the list of items on Joseph's person at the time of his death have been incomplete|Question: Could the list of items on Joseph's person at the time of his death have been incomplete]] | |
| * [[Question: What is the probability that Joseph Smith possessed items related to "magic"|Question: What is the probability that Joseph Smith possessed items related to "magic"]]
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| * [[Question: Was a "magic dagger" once owned by Hyrum Smith|Question: Was a "magic dagger" once owned by Hyrum Smith]]
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| * [[Question: Does the Book of Mormon’s reference to “slippery treasures” stem from Joseph Smith’s involvement in money digging and the occult|Question: Does the Book of Mormon’s reference to “slippery treasures” stem from Joseph Smith’s involvement in money digging and the occult]] | |