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William Blake is incredible. We got taught some of his poetry in school, but it was all toned down. He reminds me of Joseph Smith in some ways. As for Urizen, not sure!
Sam, I don’t know much about him.
How does William Blake remind you of Joseph Smith?
Featherina wrote:Sam,
I don’t know much about him.
How does William Blake remind you of Joseph Smith?
Angelic visitations, visions, books of poetry which are like scripture.
A major difference is that Blake was a visual artist. Joseph Smith never had that skill.
Thanks for explaining, Sam. He sounds interesting, as is his art.
I have been over thinking the Moroni story found in the introductory pages of the Book of Mormon. I am open minded enough to think that maybe Joseph Smith Jr. really did see an Angel or that he at least saw something. What I have been thinking about lately is the description of Moroni.
“He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant. His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrists; so, also, were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles. His head and neck were also bare. I could discover that he had no other clothing on but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see into his bosom.
No other Clothing but his robe. This is what I’ve been pondering on for some time now.
I find myself rather intrigued by various forms of pagan religions; specifically those that use some form of magic or sorcery. Within the rituals it is common for the individuals to wear robes. The participants may choose to wear nothing underneath the robe. Within certain groups the participants will take off the robes and perform the ritual in skyclad (being clothed by the sky/wearing nothing at all)
I am well aware that Joseph Smith Jr. was a glass looker. It may be possible in his search for spiritual enlightenment he practiced rituals in robes or skyclad as well.If not I’m sure he was well aware of such things. He could have made it up. Then again he could have seen or experienced it for real.
If it was indeed an angel why does the angel dress in a manor of a pagan?
these have been my thoughts on the matter.
Quote:If it was indeed an angel why does the angel dress in a manor of a pagan?
Maybe because there is more truth in paganism than modern people can accept?
🙂 I don’t know, and I don’t pretend to know and am not making any sort of claim in this comment, but it’s interesting that the question even is a question.
If angels usually don’t wear mortal clothing but had to appear to mortals without freaking them out completely, why wouldn’t they choose to dress in as little as possible to get the job done?
Old-Timer wrote:Maybe because there is more truth in paganism than modern people can accept?
🙂 That is how I would answer the question.
cwald wrote:Old-Timer wrote:
Maybe because there is more truth in paganism than modern people can accept?🙂
That is how I would answer the question.
cwald agreeing with Ray? wow…i think it important, indeed critical, to recognize what Joseph Smith taught about revelation: that it comes to the mind and the heart, that visions come to “spiritual eyes” and not physical eyes.
speculating as to what a persons visions mean is just that…speculation. in scripture, there is no one single, consistent representation of what a vision “looks like”. moses “talked to god face to face”, but what was it? a burning bush. elijah heard a still small voice. john the baptist saw a form of a dove. isaiah saw angels with six wings. “to me it is a mass of confusion”.
wayfarer wrote:cwald wrote:Old-Timer wrote:
Maybe because there is more truth in paganism than modern people can accept?🙂
That is how I would answer the question.
cwald agreeing with Ray? wow….Yeah, it happens occasionally.
🙂 I would have no problem fitting in with neopaganism…(I think it was one of the religions on the top of my list with Buddhism when that religion test thread was going around here.) Mormonism is neopaganism IMO, if the Mormons would just call it the way it is. I just don’t understand what we are so embarrassed about and what we think we need to hide from? I just don’t get it. Call a spade a spade.
I always found it bizarre that Moroni did not wear temple garments and had his chest showing! By the way, paganism, despite what people say, is not a religion. It’s just an old term for non-Christians. It’s not a religion anymore than “infidel” (in the Muslim sense) is.
I agree that Paganism isn’t a religion though the term is used to describe a certain groups that sometimes refer to themselves as neo pagan. I have only looked into a few of them and seriously participated with one. For the sake of keeping the groups anonymous I chose to blanket them all in the term pagan. Most of the so called “Druid” groups have nothing to do with real druidism either, which we know little about.
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