i think you're both onto something. the BOM is certainly stream of consciousness, and i agree that JS was in contact with SOMETHING, and local deities seems to be a good working hypothesis. and like all of us, he interpreted the communications through his own filters. then he came up with his New and Improved Religion. but since i think he was mostly a crackpot with a highly sensitized ability to communicate with spirits, i don't put much credibility in his conclusions. i do think there is value in reading his stuff and pondering what other interpretations there could be (especially for me since i can't 'hear' as well as he by any means), but i don't think his angels are necessarily hyporboreans any more than local divinities, and only grant that he's been deified in the same way any construct can be animated, by influx of energy. in his case a MASSIVE influx. :) khairete suz
I have to say i agree with you on his conclusions-I don't necessarily they were those of the Jewish faith living here- But when i made the Hyperboreans reference-was i guess my way of saying what if infact the Nephites|Lamanites where just like the Hperboreans of myth-To my knowledge they a 'mythological' people-what if the same can be said of the Nephites|Lamanites? and Moroni's connection-well is that was either a.) a member of this group-whom died and became a nature divinity, or b.) was the nature divinity of these pples-
ah, gotcha. sorry i misunderstood. my guess would be local deity, but i've never been in touch with moroni myself so it's no more than guess. that's an interesting thought, though. i've never really considered trying to contact one of 'my' people's angels, having divorced myself so thoroughly from the church. but i should do that. hmmmm. khairete suz
above is a link to my blog regarding all things Moroni--
Yeah the local deity is actually how i came to understand him-why i'm not sure it was just the first thing that popped into my head when i started thinking about it-
Hey let me know how it goes if you decide to get to know Moroni -
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but since i think he was mostly a crackpot with a highly sensitized ability to communicate with spirits, i don't put much credibility in his conclusions.
i do think there is value in reading his stuff and pondering what other interpretations there could be (especially for me since i can't 'hear' as well as he by any means), but i don't think his angels are necessarily hyporboreans any more than local divinities, and only grant that he's been deified in the same way any construct can be animated, by influx of energy.
in his case a MASSIVE influx.
:) khairete
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But when i made the Hyperboreans reference-was i guess my way of saying what if infact the Nephites|Lamanites where just like the Hperboreans of myth-To my knowledge they a 'mythological' people-what if the same can be said of the Nephites|Lamanites? and Moroni's connection-well is that was either a.) a member of this group-whom died and became a nature divinity, or b.) was the nature divinity of these pples-
Thank you for the prespective-
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my guess would be local deity, but i've never been in touch with moroni myself so it's no more than guess.
that's an interesting thought, though. i've never really considered trying to contact one of 'my' people's angels, having divorced myself so thoroughly from the church. but i should do that.
hmmmm.
khairete
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above is a link to my blog regarding all things Moroni--
Yeah the local deity is actually how i came to understand him-why i'm not sure it was just the first thing that popped into my head when i started thinking about it-
Hey let me know how it goes if you decide to get to know Moroni -
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