Category: Occult
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Magic Rock or Sacred Seer Stone?
Was Joseph Smith’s ‘seer stone’ a divine instrument from God or just a magical prop in creating a story?
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Was Joseph Smith a Magician?
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner How did Joseph Smith translate the supposed ancient record he found in the hill? The eye-witnesses to the translation process of the Book of Mormon seem to be describing a magical event. Joseph Smith would put a stone in his hat and then the “translation” of the plates would appear…
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The Mormon Prophet Attempts to Join the Methodists
The significance of Joseph Smith trying to join the Methodist church is that he did so AFTER being told by God that the Methodists are “not my People,” (specifically), and that all Christian denominations were “an abomination,” (in general).
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Occultic Ritual Abuse
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In 1991, we published a secret memo written by Glenn L. Pace, Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the Mormon Church. Pace claimed that he personally interviewed “sixty victims” of ritualistic child abuse who “are members of the Church.” He went on to state that “Forty-five victims allege witnessing…
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The Warnke Problem
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In our book, Satanic Ritual Abuse and Mormonism, we wrote the following: While we have been aware of the influence of the occult for many years, we were always somewhat suspicious of some of the tales of ex-Satanists. We have always tried to be very cautious about accepting stories concerning…
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Satanic Murders
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Shortly after finishing the printing of our new book, Satanic Ritual Abuse and Mormonism, some new information with regard to Satanism came to light. The first development was the confession of a satanic human sacrifice by two women in Brazil. The following appeared in a newspaper published in Arizona on…
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Mormon Leaders Fight Satanic Infiltration
Utah Governor Norm Bangerter Calls for an Investigation By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the last issue of the Salt Lake City Messenger we reported allegations that a satanic cult had taken root in the Mormon Church. This newsletter (November 1991) proved to be the most popular issue we have ever printed. A number of…
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Occultic Infiltration
Jerald Tanner Our research leads us to believe that some occultists deliberately set out to infiltrate churches or groups to gain converts to their way of thinking. When we were in Milwaukee, Wisconsin we found evidence that people involved in witchcraft had penetrated some of the Old Catholic churches—splinter groups from the Roman Catholic Church.…
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Ritualistic Child Abuse and the Mormon Church
Mormon General Authority Warns That a Satanic Conspiracy May Be Functioning in the Church By Jerald and Sandra Tanner On July 2, 1991 we were presented with a copy of a very sensational memo purported to have been written by a General Authority of the Mormon Church. This memo was authored by Glenn L. Pace,…
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Witchcraft Controversy Rekindled
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the Salt Lake City Messenger for September 1988, we noted that a statement by Walter Martin of Christian Research Institute had finally ended a controversy between our ministry and Ed Decker. At the heart of the disagreement was a question regarding the influence of witchcraft and Satanism on the…