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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been around for almost two centuries. It has ebbed and fluctuated in such a predictably adaptive manner throughout it’s relatively short life in the religious realm. This Church has a very sordid past, which it does a very good job of teaching for itself, whether the history is slanted or not, is yours to decide. Join me on a journey through the history of the LDS Church through the eyes of the people that were actually there. We will learn about the founding members, where the practices came from, where the Book of Mormon (Mormon Bible) came from, and most importantly, we will examine Joseph Smith in every aspect possibly available to us today.

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Latest Episodes:

Ep 59 – CC Smith Entheogen Theory Jul 21, 2017

Show notes

On this episode, we suspend the historical timeline to analyze the Smith-Entheogen theory along with host of Psilly Rabbits Podcast, Cody Noconi. Before that, we talk to Dan Wees of the Book of Mormon Comparative to get an update on his project. Then we move into reading part 1 of the Sunstone paper titled Revelation Through Hallucination, a discourse on the Smith-entheogen theory. We end with the final installment of the Patreon Pledge drive, issuing a call to arms for those listeners located in Utah. Don't miss Sunstone and the live My Book of Mormon show in SLC at Squatter's pub on July 29th, 2017!

Links:

Smith-Entheogen theory http://realbookofmormon.org/smithentheogentheory

Good Friday Experiment "Miracle at Marsh Chapel" http://www.maps.org/news/multimedia-library/138-1962-good-friday-experiment

MAPS Follow-up to Good Friday Experiment http://www.maps.org/other-psychedelic-research/213-psilocybin-research/psilocybin-studies-completed/5508-the-good-friday-experiment-follow-up

Erowid Plant and Root Database https://www.erowid.org/

Plants of the Gods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmjpK6KYqI http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/378208.Plants_of_the_Gods

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR SUNSTONE SYMPOSIUM!!! https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/

Come to church with Marie Kent and I at the JS Memorial Building! https://www.lds.org/maps/meetinghouses/@40.769715,-111.892079,17&lang=eng&id=meetinghouse:5336082-01-08

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 58 - Fop or a Fool for POTUS Jul 14, 2017

Show notes

On this week's episode, we jump right into the latter part of 1839 with the quorum of the Twelve petitioning Jo to release the copyright on the Book of Mormon to begin printing the 1840 edition. The Times and Season church periodical begins circulating, and Jo finally departs for Washington D.C. to speak with the POTUS about helping the Mormon refugees out of their dire straits. The meeting doesn't go as planned, but Jo and Rigdon weren't done asking the government for relief and are stuck in D.C. for another month and a half waiting for Congress to come back from winter recess. We finish up the episode with airing a conversation I had with Molly UnMormon on Doubting Dogma Podcast, discussing the Martin and Willie handcart companies and other fun church stuff. Please consider supporting the podcast during our Patreon Pledge drive to get in on all the extra content! Patreon.com/nakedmormonism.

Links:

Doubting Dogma Podcast http://doubtingdogma.libsyn.com/

Inciting Incident Podcast http://www.incitingincident.libsyn.com/

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 57 – Sign of the Times and Spiritual Tokens Jul 07, 2017

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On this episode, we cover July to November of 1839. We start with a discussion about how scarce documentation is for this blackout period of Mormon history and what that means for historiographies which cover this time period. After that, Jo tells us how we can tell if a spirit is from God or the devil, which hearkens back to his magic roots. After that we take an extract from Bloody Brigham Young's manuscript history to follow the travel of the Twelve as they made their way closer to boarding a ship for England. After the history, we debut an exciting new segment to leak off the church and then we get into some of the church's new face of homophobia and discuss just how new their stance on the LGBTQ community really is…. Spoiler alert, the church is still led by a bunch of red-scare bigoted octogenarians who are on the wrong side of history.

Links:

Autobiography of Benjamin F. Johnson http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/BFJohnson.html

Lance Owens Joseph Smith and the Kabbalah http://gnosis.org/jskabb3.htm

Rosicrucianism in America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosicrucianism

Ephrata Cloister and the Whitmers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephrata_Cloister

Hermeticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism

Manuscript history of Brigham Young http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/MSHBY.html

Savannah's testimony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_0nhyP6dU4

Mormon and Gay https://mormonandgay.lds.org/articles/church-teachings

Face 2 Face with Jeffrey R. Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwIULpPZhcQ

Ryan McKnight and Mormon Leaks https://mormonleaks.io/

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 56 – Re-Evolving Doctrine Jun 30, 2017

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On this week's episode, we cover June and early July 1839. Jo was signing land purchase agreements faster than he could tour the landscape to see if the sale was a good deal or not. He names a new town to be built under the banner of Zarahemla and continues to visit a bunch of Mormons to set straight the record of how the BoM came to be. The quorum of the Twelve prepare for their journey to England by listening to a lecture from Jo about some finer points of Mormon doctrine and we compare them to the doctrine before and after this newest evolution. Finally, we wrap up the episode with a teaser for how to talk to missionaries or TBM loved ones about church history and BoM archaeology.

Links:

NYTimes A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/health/07brain.html

Calling and Election Sure by Roy Doxey https://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/07/accepted-of-the-lord-the-doctrine-of-making-your-calling-and-election-sure?lang=eng

Mormon Stories Tom Phillips' Second Anointing http://www.mormonstories.org/tom-phillips-and-the-second-anointing/

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 55 – Joseph's Historical Revisionism Jun 23, 2017

Show notes

On this week's episode, we jump into all the work and frustration associated with building a city from a scratchy, bitey, black-water swampland. Sickness, exposure, and simple lack of resources find Jo and friends in desperate need of brokering whatever deal necessary to establish a new home for the thousands of homeless Mormon refugees. We get our newest introduction to the NaMo nickname family and Jo begins dictating his own revised history to be published in the Times and Seasons in response to the recent uprising of the Spalding theory. Later on, we'll be talking dangerous American history with Prof CJ of the Dangerous History Podcast.

Links:

Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/PPPratt.html

Biographical Sketches of Stephen Markham https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/22446494

ProfCJ Dangerous History Podcast http://profcj.org/

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 54 – The Spalding Virus Jun 15, 2017

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On this episode, we'll be talking about the PR nightmare that was the Spalding theory as it embodied a new resurgence in the public eye. Spalding's wife, Matilda Davison, and Hingepin Sidney Rigdon went at it in a public letter exchange where she laid out the theory claiming the Book of Mormon came from her late husband's fiction and Rigdon responds with ad hominem attacks and blatant lies. After that we follow up on the conversation with Charone Frankel from last week's episode.

Links:

B.H. Roberts The Book of Mormon pt 3 http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs2/Rob1905a.htm

Susan Black on Nauvoo population http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3025&context=byusq

Full text of "Manuscript Story—Conneaut Creek https://archive.org/stream/themanuscriptsto00spauuoft/themanuscriptsto00spauuoft_djvu.txt

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 53 – Bloody's Play While Jo's Away Jun 02, 2017

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On this episode, we shift focus from Quincy to Liberty Jail and back as we follow Bloody Brigham Young stepping into the vacuum of leadership, making a power play in Jo's absence. Jo agrees to buy the land deal proposed by Isaac Galland sight unseen after he screeds to him about Mormon doctrine. Then Jo and friends are charged again in a Grand Jury with everything they'd already been charged, then proceed to escape during a transfer to Boone County. Everybody plays their part in the building up of Zion in their clean slate state, Illinois.

Links:

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Letter to Isaac Galland http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-isaac-galland-22-march-1839/2#full-transcript

Letter to Judge George Thompkins http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/petition-to-george-thompkins-15-march-1839/1#full-transcript

Letter to Emma Smith http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-4-april-1839/1#full-transcript

AOA Beyond the Trailer Park podcast https://www.spreaker.com/user/atheists/atheists-on-air-beyond-the-trailer-park-_42

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

SpEdEp 43 – Classic Psychedelics with Prof. Carl Ruck May 26, 2017

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On this episode, we air an interview conducted at Boston University's theological department during the Mormon history tour. We get to hear from Professor Emeritus Carl A.P. Ruck of classical history. Ruck has been publishing in the field for 3 decades and sits as one of the foremost historians who has extensively researched certain religious rituals and their use of entheogens. He gives his opinion on whether it's feasible for Joseph Smith to have used them in the early days of Mormonism. After the conversation, we dive into a discussion about what attendees can expect during this year's Sunstone Symposium presentation on July 29th, "Revelation Through Hallucination". Marie Kent, host of My Book of Mormon podcast, will be in SLC for Sunstone as well; we'll be doing a live show from Squatter's pub. Check both Facebook pages for more info!

Links:

Carl A.P. Ruck Boston University https://www.bu.edu/classics/faculty-profiles/carl-a-p-ruck/

Some of Ruck's presentations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBjGBoG8c-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwfkJkvbR-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8IqVumsSN4

Psilly Rabbits Podcast http://psillyrabbits.com/

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 52 – Liberty Love Letters May 19, 2017

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On this episode, we view the Mormon exodus from Missouri to Illinois through the eyes of those locked up in Liberty Jail. Jo and Hyrum try to run the church from their dungeon, while Rigdon is trying to reestablish the Mormon kingdom which was lost. Jo has letter correspondence with his wife and Presendia Huntington Buell at the same time. We finish, as usual, with random musings about Hingepin Rigdon and his belief in a God that would dare to cause him such personal suffering.

Links:

LDS article on Liberty Jail https://history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-covenants-liberty-jail?lang=eng

Letter to the Chuch in Caldwell County 16 Dec 1838 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-the-church-in-caldwell-county-missouri-16-december-1838/1

Letter to Brigham Young and Heber Kimball 16 Jan 1839 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-heber-c-kimball-and-brigham-young-16-january-1839/1#full-transcript

Memorial to Missouri Legislature 24 Jan 1839 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/memorial-to-the-missouri-legislature-24-january-1839/1#full-transcript

Letter from Edward (Party-boy) Partridge 5 March 1839 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-edward-partridge-5-march-1839/1#full-transcript

Letter from Don Carlos and William Smith 6 March 1839 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-don-carlos-smith-and-william-smith-6-march-1839/1#full-transcript

Letter from Emma Smith 7 March 1839 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-emma-smith-7-march-1839/1#full-transcript

Letter to Emma Smith 21 March 1839 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-21-march-1839/1#full-transcript

Letter to Presendia Huntington Buell 15 March 1839 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-presendia-huntington-buell-15-march-1839/1

Isaac Galland—Mormon Benefactor https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/isaac-galland-mormon-benefactor

Journal of Discourses 23:12 John Taylor on Sidney Rigdon http://jod.mrm.org/23/11

Pulpit Podcast – Naked Mormonism and Gilgal Gardens http://pulpit.libsyn.com/bryceisback

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

Ep 51 – Force and Inertia May 05, 2017

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On this episode, we discuss just how terrible the winter of 1838-1839 was for the Mormons, especially for the incarcerated leadership. The Saints were forcefully removed from Missouri and landed in temporary refugee camps along the Mississippi, settling a little town called Quincy, IL. Jo, Hyrum, Rigdon, McRae, Baldwin, and Wight are all wasting away in Liberty Jail until Doniphan gets cert for an habeus corpus hearing. Rigdon pulls out the ol' preacher moves and sways the congregation to release him; even in his fractured mental state, he's still got it. We end the episode with a brief wrap up of the Mormon history tour as well as ReasonCon.

Links:

LDS History article "Within the Walls of Liberty Jail" https://history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-covenants-liberty-jail?lang=eng

Patience Delila Pierce Palmer personal history https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/2568053

Jeffrey Holland – Lessons from Liberty Jail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpOylYSEaqA&t=1354s

Chris Nemelka (Marvelous Work and a Wonder) https://www.facebook.com/tonysaiki/videos/10212454351650766/

Shawn McCraney (Heart of the Matter) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkJOXPVKoLQ#action=share

Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

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