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- |<=[[../Chapter 2|Claims made in "Chapter 2: Divining Rods, Treasure-Digging, and Seer Stones"]]5 KB (721 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...m: 206 - It is claimed that Joseph gave Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty ...m: 206 - It is claimed that Joseph gave Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty==5 KB (741 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 2: Divining Rods, Treasure-Digging, and Seer Stones" ...se to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 2: Divining Rods, Treasure-Digging, and Seer Stones"5 KB (754 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...of spiritual mystery and secular fraud framed in the hostile symbiosis of divining and counterfeiting and in the diffusion of Masonic culture in an era of sec ...s enthusiasm," instead implying that the Smith family was associated with "divining and counterfeiting." The citation is mismatched to the assertion in the mai27 KB (3,938 words) - 20:07, 11 May 2024
- As when divining the location of treasure, ...same stone for treasure-hunting."); {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005}} (In using the divining power of stones, Smith blended the magic culture of his upbringing with ins75 KB (11,044 words) - 20:10, 11 May 2024
- ...all their philosophy and all their science. And the little they do know in divining the laws of God is only with regard to some very few of the fundamental pri44 KB (8,225 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...w-men. Some of them, perhaps, were mere hirelings, "preaching for hire and divining for money;" but others were sincere in their hearts, sincere in their worsh38 KB (7,094 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...laim: 108-109 - all the witnesses were involved at one point or another in divining or the use of rods and/or seerstones ...laim: 108-109 - all the witnesses were involved at one point or another in divining or the use of rods and/or seerstones==39 KB (6,268 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...in treasure seeking and seer stone divination and had apparently also used divining rods, talismans, and implements of ritual magic.37 KB (5,988 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Divining rods to Kimball and Young]]114 bytes (18 words) - 23:55, 10 April 2011
- ...as a distant relative, Cowdery was also a treasure hunter who had used a [[divining rod]] in his youth. Cowdery asked questions of the rod; if it moved, the an ...it is from them, one assumes that Oliver learned the art of working with a divining rod. Joseph told Oliver that he knew the 'rod of nature' Oliver used 'has t46 KB (7,051 words) - 20:14, 11 May 2024
- ...heir neighbors to treasure-seeking folklore. In addition to rod and stone divining, the Smiths probably believed in the rudimentary astrology found in the ubi15 KB (2,282 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- *Oliver himself may have used a divining rod, although there is no evidence that it was used for treasure-seeking. A18 KB (2,870 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- |L49=Response to claim: 46 - Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were given divining rods by Joseph Smith ...aim: 46 - Joseph received a revelation praising Oliver's gift of using his divining talents45 KB (6,710 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...- Joseph modified what is now D&C 8:6-9 to hide Oliver Cowdery's use of a divining rod ...- Joseph modified what is now D&C 8:6-9 to hide Oliver Cowdery's use of a divining rod==11 KB (1,681 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Divining rods to Kimball and Young]]114 bytes (18 words) - 21:25, 15 March 2011
- ...ved in magical things like many people did during that time period such as divining rods, second sight, magic, dreams, seer stones, etc. Some of the witnesses, ...not have been gullible people that believed in things like 'second sight', divining rods, finding treasure by placing a rock in a hat, etc. That the Three Witn38 KB (6,208 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...n - namely the Tree of Life vision. People believed in magic, seer stones, divining rods, etc. and people claiming to have visions weren't seen as all that str ...n - namely the Tree of Life vision. People believed in magic, seer stones, divining rods, etc. and people claiming to have visions weren't seen as all that str53 KB (8,534 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L5=Response to claim: "If Oliver Cowdery’s gift was really a divining rod then this tells us that the origins of the Church are much more involve ...ff like Joseph Smith using a peep stone in a hat or Oliver Cowdery using a divining rod or dowsing rod63 KB (10,061 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...r became increasingly engaged in folk magic, using magical seer stones and divining rods to look for buried treasure and lost items” ...r became increasingly engaged in folk magic, using magical seer stones and divining rods to look for buried treasure and lost items”==44 KB (6,668 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024