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Ep 147 — EntheoMagus Documentary (feat. the creators) 0

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Apr 3, 2024

We’re very excited to invite a panel onto the show to discuss the forthcoming documentary about psychedelics in early Mormonism, EntheoMagus! We’re joined by the creators, Brandon Crockett, Cody Noconi, and Alex Criddle, to discuss the documentary, its genesis, and the overall future of the Smith-entheogen theory. Two sets of screenings are coming in late April and early May so if you’re in the SL, UT or Portland, OR areas, mark your calendar and grab your tickets before they’re all gone. Admission is free and we’re looking for any and all feedback!

Show Notes:

EntheoMagus Documentary Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uHmmToTec

Naked Mormonism links to 2019 “Entheogenic Origins” paper:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MXig8juxUKfMkJAIoYDxB

https://open.spotify.com/episode/75DZPdYHHhXCXjpwwuNVkX

https://open.spotify.com/episode/79EGBuWTJTBdJrMcHzoBxJ

Contact Cody for a PDF or ebook of his book: mormonsanddrugs@gmail.com

Documentary screenings: April 27-28, 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT At the Natural Law Apothecary.
April 29, 2024 At Brewvies

May 11, 2024 Portland, OR at the Fifth Ave Cinema,

https://seerstonedproductions.com/ to get a ticket

Find Brandon Crockett here: https://seerstonedproductions.com/ through the contact form.

Find Alex Criddle here: https://alexcriddle.com/

Find Cody Noconi here: mormonsanddrugs@gmail.com

Go get your Glass Box Candle! https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel.

Mormon News Roundup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_XVScOBGKY

Latter-Daily Digest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Lu00FuBVU

Other Appearances:

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf

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Ep 146 — D&C Codenames and Secret Combinations | Hot Fuzz 0

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Mar 27, 2024

Scripture study!!! Well, sort of. We’re talking about the codenames contained in the Doctrine & Covenants sections 78, 82, 92, 96, 103, 104, and 105. Names like Gazelam, Ahashdah, Pelagoram, Mahalaleel, Mahemson, Shederlaomach, and (most importantly) Talents, all appear concerning the Secret Combination of the United Firm, or United Order. We discuss the history of the names, who’s involved, and why they appear in the first place. Huge thanks to Gene Judson of Latter-daily Digest for inviting us onto the show and suggesting the topic! After that we chat about a movie concerning a secret combination, Hot Fuzz! We wrap with some happy news about biodegradable micro-polymers hoping to replace plastics!

Show Notes:

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2203&context=byusq

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/blog/ask-us-top-five-reference-questions-about-doctrine-and-covenants-publishing?lang=eng

https://comparedandc.com/

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5015/

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

Happy News: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/biodegradable-microplastics

Media of Great Price: Hot Fuzz: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/hot-fuzz

Go get your Glass Box Candle! https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel.

Next Live Show!

EntheoMagus Documentary Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uHmmToTec

Mormon News Roundup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_XVScOBGKY

Latter-Daily Digest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Lu00FuBVU

Other Appearances:

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf

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Ep 145 — BoM Authorship Data | Approaching Zion pt. 2 0

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Mar 13, 2024

It’s time for our next installment of Huge Niblet’s Approaching Zion! He spends basically the entire section lamenting higher education and any information from sources other than the “p”rophet’s counsel. Does he want us to be zealous, or learned? Nobody knows! But before that we have a quick debrief and error correction from the last episode of Mormonism Live with Dan Vogel and Bryce discussing the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon authorship. Don’t miss the discussion linked below. Then we round out the episode with some happy news about Christians getting supermad about being held to the same legal standard as non-Christians.

Show Notes:

Mormonism Live Spalding discussion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLZ68Z6LAI&t=6201s

ChurchisTrue authorship analysis:

https://wheatandtares.org/2020/04/23/book-of-mormon-wordprint-studies-in-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2KodKO9RYp69XCm0rtDCHkzSyd2i6Knmbu-asaDyFFnyNZvMIPGtf3Zb8

Happy News:

https://www.christianpost.com/news/canadian-bill-would-remove-religious-exemption-from-hate-speech.html

Sword of Laman:

https://archive.org/details/mindofman0000nige/mode/2up?view=theater

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Other Appearances:

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf

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Ep 144 — A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; 17 Miracles 0

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Feb 28, 2024

We did it! We FINALLY did it! After years and years and years of requests from many listeners we have finally taken a look at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s very first Sherlock Holmes book — A Study In Scarlet. We look at the time period Doyle was writing it and why he would take on Mormonism in his first book. We also take a look at the impact the story had on how Mormons were treated in film. And since that book is an outsider looking into Mormonism, we decided that for the Media of Great Price segment, we’d look at a film of an insider looking out of Mormonism. Yes, after many listener requests, we watched the shitshow that is the Mormon film 17 Miracles. Following that discussion we cleanse all palate’s with some good news out of the UK about leaving a treaty that allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments. Enjoy your listener request episode!

Show Notes:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27089071?read-now=1&seq=39#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/victorianstudies.56.1.85?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents

https://web.archive.org/web/20060923063139/http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/in_another_time/041094.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-arthur-conan-doyle-fascinated-mormons-180965353/

https://archive.org/details/StudyInScarlet/page/n167/mode/2up?q=danites

https://archive.org/details/cityofsaintsacro00burtuoft/page/xii/mode/2up?view=theater

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=mormonhistory

https://archive.org/details/conferencereport1912a/page/54/mode/2up?q=portray&view=theater

https://theeverydaycinephile.com/series/utah-in-film/the-beginnings-of-utah-film-history-the-mormon-exploitation-film/

https://theeverydaycinephile.com/series/utah-in-film/mormon-portrayals-in-classic-hollywood/

https://theeverydaycinephile.com/series/utah-in-film/celebrating-125-years-of-utah-and-the-movies/

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

https://web.archive.org/web/20061020125538/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1980/2/1980_2_12.shtml

Media: 17 Miracles

Happy News: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/22/uk-quits-treaty-that-lets-fossil-fuel-firms-sue-governments-over-climate-policies

Kang, Lydia; Pedersen, Nate. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Go get your Glass Box Candle! https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel.

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Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf

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Ep 143 — Mormon Gold Rush | Approaching Zion pt. 1 0

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Feb 14, 2024

It’s time to take a look at the early Utah economy as created by Brigham Young, a ruthless capitalist in his own right. We take a brief look at the beginnings of the California Gold Rush and how much the Mormons were involved, as well as the battle for control between Bloody Brigham and Samuel Brannan. Which also leads us into Part 1 of our deep dive into Approaching Zion by Hugh Nibley. We discuss the first two essays and show the contortions Hugh Nibley has to make in order to present Bloody Brigham Young as a utopian. And to wash that image from your eyes, we will close out with some fantastic news about, of all things, the most recent Super Bowl and renewable energy. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

https://utahstories.com/2016/07/the-legend-of-brighams-gold/

https://rsc.byu.edu/california-saints/apostles-amid-gold-seekers-1849

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-samuel-brannan/

https://www.historynet.com/latter-day-scoundrel-sam-brannan/

https://historytogo.utah.gov/mining/

Sword of Laman:

chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/OceanLawSearch/Senate%20Hearings_Committee%20on%20Commerce%20Oct.%20&%20Nov.%201971.pdf

Happy News: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/energy/2024/02/10/super-bowl-58-100-percent-solar-powered/72538610007/

Go get your Glass Box Candle! https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel.

Other Appearances:

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf

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Ep 142 — RLDS/CoC President Stassi Cramm 0

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Jan 31, 2024

The Community of Christ, formerly the RLDS church, has named its new president! We bring on guest Evan Sharley to help us navigate the history of the RLDS/CoC, the climate into which Stassi Cramm is ascending to the office of prophet/president, and the current issues within the Community of Christ which converge to give a bleak impression of its future. Then we review the movie Whale Rider, a heartfelt legend-exploration story about progress overcoming conservatism. Then we wrap with some happy news about OpenAI and ChatGPT.

Show Notes:

Gileriodekel.com - Evan's personal website

facebook.com/people/Heart-of-Discernment/100087683864565 - Heart of Discernment (progressive advocacy group)

Gileriodekel.com/Maxims - Maxims of the Mother (Evan's book gathering her thoughts and beliefs)

heartofdiscernment.com/polyamory-panel - Sunstone 2023 panel

heartofdiscernment.com/polyamory-primer - About polyamorous families

https://gileriodekel.com/books/

Media: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_2

Happy News: https://thetechbasic.com/openai-seeks-to-combat-the-use-of-chatgpt-for-political-purposes-in-the-u-s-elections/

Go get your Glass Box Candle! https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel.

Other Appearances:

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf

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Ep 141 — Introduction to Hugh Nibley 0

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Jan 17, 2024

Today we take a look at the man who is inarguably THE best apologist of the mormon church. Yes, we are talking about Hugh Nibley.

Show Notes:

Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life by Boyd Peterson

Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith by Martha Beck

Hugh Nibley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley

Hugh Nibley Biography: https://interpreterfoundation.org/bibliographies/hugh-w-nibley/biography/

Charles Nibley (Grandfather): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Nibley

Lives of the Saints: Mormonism’s Troubled Legacy: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/21/lives-of-the-saints

Faith of An Observer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xw_0_zZDVE

Hugh Nibley, 94; Mormon Scholar, Professor and Author: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-02-me-nibley2-story.html

Hugh Nibley WIll Never Happen Again: http://archive.timesandseasons.org/2021/10/hugh-nibley-will-never-happen-again/

No Ma’am That’s Not History

http://www.sainesburyproject.com/mormonstuff/No%20Ma'am%20That's%20Not%20History.pdf

Sunstone article about Fawn Brodie

https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/034-32-37.pdf

Happy News:

https://www.ketv.com/amp/article/plattsmouth-voters-recall-school-board-member/46333101?fbclid=IwAR0UisXhFIHr4GpcpM1eDH_qU_VLl_2HBVaAKyQuFBi43Mnx5-T3pb3kJwQ

https://www.ketv.com/article/highway-administration-banning-funny-electronic-messages-signs/46383174

Next Live Show Q&A! Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM (MST)

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