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Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic/Jupiter talisman
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Joseph Smith and the Jupiter Talisman
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- Question: Did Joseph Smith have a Jupiter talisman on his person at the time of his death?
- Question: What is the source of the story about Joseph Smith possessing a Jupiter talisman?
- Question: Could the list of items on Joseph's person at the time of his death have been incomplete?
- 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"
- Question: What is the probability that Joseph Smith possessed items related to "magic"?
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