It may sound like a spell from the Harry Potter movies, but it's just a fancy way of saying "pathological lying". We take a side-step for a moment from discussing the next "principle and ordinance of the gospel" (baptism) to chat a little about how Joe Jr. was a mythomaniac (another word for compulsive liar) and used a combination of the familiar, intriguing, and mysterious to build the foundation of what would later become the Mormon church.
One of the core teachings of the LDS church is that people are called into leadership positions by revelation from God. However, a little...
When the church was very young, Joe and Ollie called 12 apostles, hearkening back to the good ol' days of Jesus and his traveling...
Before his death, one of the gifts Joseph Smith Jr. left behind is the mysterious role of “patriarch” in the church. Evidently, these men...