SpEdEp 36 – Joseph’s Technicolor Dream-stone
Naked Mormonism Podcast
Bryce Blankenagel
4.7 • 680 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2016
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we jump in to part 2 of the Cody Noconi discussion about entheogens. Part 1 established a brief world history of hallucinogen use throughout the 10,000 years we can speculate upon; part 2 focuses on just Joseph Smith and Mormon history, essentially compiling the theory that Jo used hallucinogens for himself and possibly drugged his parishioners to incite spiritual experiences. It may be controversial. It may strain credulity and raise red flags of skepticism. One may call bullshit at the very onset of the discussion, but this is a viable theory that needs to be discussed openly in the public square of Mormon history. If Jo’s use of entheogens helps to explain any aspect of his religion it needs to be a topic of open discourse. If any listeners have competing theories that provide more explanatory power than this, please get in touch with Cody or Bryce and we’ll further this conversation.
Links:
Luman Walters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luman_Walters
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_A._Hitchcock_(general)
Cody Noconi contact information: [email protected]
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| 1:01.7 | May they help you become even better than you were. |
| 1:05.7 | Skepticize everything. |
| 1:08.4 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:13.6 | Welcome to Spe edition, episode 36 of the Naked Mormonism podcast, the |
| 1:19.3 | Serial Mormon History Podcast. Today is Thursday, December 29th, 2016. My name is Bryce |
| 1:25.9 | Blankin-Igill, and thank you for joining me. |
| 1:28.9 | What you're about to listen to is part two of my interview slash discussion with Cody, |
| 1:34.7 | the mycologist who we had on last week to discuss the history of anthogenius in religious cults. |
| 1:42.7 | And, well, we're going to talk about how that may have played into |
| 1:47.0 | Joseph Smith. It's a burgeoning theory, and I feel like it needs to be discussed more. Whether |
| 1:54.6 | it's right or wrong, it needs to be in the public sphere, and we need to discuss it. So, |
| 1:59.2 | without further ado, this is part two of my discussion with Cody. |
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