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- == Church sources discussing issues with Oliver Cowdery's divining rod== {{HiddenFact|fact=Oliver Cowdery used a divining rod to receive revelation|location=Church History Website history.lds.org}}2 KB (235 words) - 23:48, 30 April 2024
- ...e." Therefore, Joseph attempted to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing a revelation.599 bytes (94 words) - 15:56, 13 April 2024
- Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Divining rods to Kimball and Young|L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Divining rods to Kimball and Young |H=Did Joseph give divining rods to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young?1 KB (186 words) - 14:16, 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
- #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
- ...estion: What if the "rod of nature" was indeed a physical object such as a divining rod?==4 KB (726 words) - 15:33, 13 April 2024
- ...stion: Did Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Cove A revelation received by Joseph praised Oliver Cowdery's gift of using divining talents. The revelation was published in the ''Book of Commandments'' in it3 KB (473 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ...'' on history.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod"== ...trument for revelation. Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod.<ref>Jeffrey G. Cannon, [http://history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-co2 KB (236 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...xt on history.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod"]]122 bytes (20 words) - 12:43, 19 October 2017
- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith give Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods "as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty"?== ...s an aid to guidance and revelation. '''There is no evidence that it was a divining stick or "water witch," popular at that time.''' (pp. 248-249, emphasis add3 KB (433 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ...stion: Did Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Cove190 bytes (28 words) - 20:21, 25 April 2017
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- Owens insists that "''any'' backwoods rodsman divining for buried treasures in New York in 1820 ''may have known about'' the [esot19 KB (2,997 words) - 21:55, 27 April 2024
- == Church sources discussing issues with Oliver Cowdery's divining rod== {{HiddenFact|fact=Oliver Cowdery used a divining rod to receive revelation|location=Church History Website history.lds.org}}2 KB (235 words) - 23:48, 30 April 2024
- ...se to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 2: Divining Rods, Treasure-Digging, and Seer Stones" ...g colleague, Alva Beaman, demands to see or share the trove: taking up his divining rod, the resolute rustic promptly "witches" the whereabouts of the "golden12 KB (1,938 words) - 22:22, 11 May 2024
- |link=/Divining rods |subject=Divining rods398 bytes (50 words) - 15:56, 13 April 2024
- ...ng a revelation. Critics also claim that Oliver would ask questions of his divining rod in faith and it would move in response. ...xt on history.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod"3 KB (513 words) - 13:54, 27 April 2024
- ...e." Therefore, Joseph attempted to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing a revelation.599 bytes (94 words) - 15:56, 13 April 2024
- |link=/Divining rods to Kimball and Young |subject=Divining rods to Kimball and Young12 KB (1,620 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Divining rods to Kimball and Young|Divining rods to Kimball and Young]]1 KB (154 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...im: 89, 518n47 - A revelation changed to conceal Oliver Cowdery's use of a divining rod ...to claim: 89, 518n49 - Did Joseph give Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods "as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty"?16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...other, who were determined to unearth treasure by means of 'peep stones,' 'divining rods,' or just plain digging.}} * [[Joseph Smith/Seer stones|Joseph Smith: "divining rods" and "peep stones"?]]118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../Divining rods to Kimball and Young|Divining rods to Kimball and Young]]19 KB (3,188 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../Divining rods to Kimball and Young|Divining rods to Kimball and Young]]6 KB (951 words) - 21:53, 9 May 2024
- Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Divining rods to Kimball and Young|L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Divining rods to Kimball and Young |H=Did Joseph give divining rods to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young?1 KB (186 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...t is from them, one assumes, that Oliver learned the art of working with a divining rod. {{ea}}1 KB (176 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...nse to claim: 6 - It is claimed that Oliver attempted to translate using a divining rod |L5=Response to claim: 6 - Oliver would ask questions of his divining rod in faith and it would move24 KB (3,653 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- {{propaganda|So what? Many people believed in the ability to use divining rods and seer stones. It says nothing about the character of these men. {{information|Oliver did use a divining rod, but this says nothing about Oliver's character or reliability.33 KB (5,205 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |claim=The author claims that Brigham used a divining rod that once belonged to Oliver Cowdery to select the site for the Salt La ...One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Divining rods to Kimball and Young|l1=Divining rods to Kimball and Young?}}7 KB (1,158 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...aimed to have attempted to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's alleged work with a divining rod by changing a revelation ...aimed to have attempted to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's alleged work with a divining rod by changing a revelation==16 KB (2,501 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Church sources discussing issues with Oliver Cowdery's divining rod {{:Church sources discussing issues with Oliver Cowdery's divining rod}}4 KB (578 words) - 00:01, 1 May 2024
- |>=[[../Chapter 2|"Chapter 2: Divining Rods, Treasure-Digging, and Seer Stones"]]3 KB (463 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../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
- ...the adjectival noun ''prudent'' is a mistranslation of the Hebrew word for divining. This phrase is translated, for instance, as 'the diviner and the elder' in198 KB (31,143 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ...estion: What if the "rod of nature" was indeed a physical object such as a divining rod?==4 KB (726 words) - 15:33, 13 April 2024
- ...e basis of this that Oliver Cowdery was a "rodsman," or someone who used a divining rod to search for treasure, water, or other things hidden. ...Wood family enjoyed a brief popularity, and they sought for treasure with divining rods. <ref>{{EarlyMormonDocs| vol=1|start=599|end=621 }}</ref> The Wood gr5 KB (846 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ...stion: Did Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Cove A revelation received by Joseph praised Oliver Cowdery's gift of using divining talents. The revelation was published in the ''Book of Commandments'' in it3 KB (473 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ...'' on history.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod"== ...trument for revelation. Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod.<ref>Jeffrey G. Cannon, [http://history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-co2 KB (236 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...xt on history.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod"]]122 bytes (20 words) - 12:43, 19 October 2017
- ''CES Letter: "These are people who believed in folk magic, divining rods, visions, second sight, peep stones in hats, treasure hunting (money d ...and age than we do, and just because they may have believed in things like divining rods and seer stones, does not make them unreliable. Their stories did not8 KB (1,075 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ...ine upon line" from where he was (surrounded with beliefs about seeing and divining) and brought him to further light, knowledge, and power.2 KB (368 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ...twenty-three years later that a fellow clergymen in New Jersey had used a divining rod up to the 1830s to locate buried treasure and the 'spirits [that] keep4 KB (608 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith give Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods "as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty"?== ...s an aid to guidance and revelation. '''There is no evidence that it was a divining stick or "water witch," popular at that time.''' (pp. 248-249, emphasis add3 KB (433 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ...ry frequently invoked. This was partly because it was thought that special divining tools might help, such as the 'Mosaical Rods' for which many contemporary f2 KB (289 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ...ed "magical" and corpora designated by other generic terms (e.g., healing, divining, execrative) with no cognitive loss. Indeed, there would be a gain.<ref>{{F4 KB (670 words) - 21:52, 27 April 2024
- ===Although there is evidence that Oliver possessed a divining rod, there is no evidence that he or his father were involved in "money dig ...t is from them, one assumes, that Oliver learned the art of working with a divining rod. {{ea}}3 KB (476 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- ...h Smith, Sr. "participated with William Cowdery in a religious group using divining rods" for the purpose of receiving revelation ...laim: 1 - Oliver Cowdery introduced himself to Joseph Smith's family as a "divining rodsman"4 KB (552 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- ...stion: Did Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Cove190 bytes (28 words) - 20:21, 25 April 2017
- ...f science reported the idea that "the rod is influenced by ores."<ref>"The Divining Rod," ''The American Journal of Science and Arts'' (October 1826): 204; cit ===Using a divining rod was seen in these examples as a manifestation of natural law, and requi4 KB (670 words) - 20:38, 27 April 2024
- *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr. taught him to use a divining rod.3 KB (440 words) - 20:53, 27 April 2024
- ...wn, Vermont, whose small religious sect, the "New Israelites," practiced [[divining]] for buried treasure and for revelatory purposes. ...ver's life is that his father ''may'' have been a follower of man who used divining rods. Why else would this be the first "fact" listed after Oliver's birth d41 KB (6,211 words) - 06:18, 15 May 2024