In our final conversation with Clair Barrus, we’ll discuss polygamy skeptics and William Clayton Journals. They are some of the most important pieces of contemporary evidence of polygamy, so skeptics don’t like this journal. Is
What’s the story of Joseph Kingsbury being a pretend husband? We will also discuss The Happiness Letter is a letter Joseph Smith from to Nancy Rigdon, to get her as a plural wife. It was
John C Bennett made allegations of non-ceremonial spiritual wifery. Did that happen? Was there a revelation for Joseph Smith to marry Fanny Alger? Does the 1835 Declaration on Marriage reference polygamy? We’ll talk about the
D&C 132 intro states that portions of the polygamy revelations were know to Joseph Smith as early as 1831. What possible evidence is there for that? I was surprised when Clair Barrus found evidence as
Have you every wanted to go on a road trip with Rick B? Now’s your chance! This is the first in a series of Tangent Trips we’ll go on: Gilgal Gardens. The idea is to
There are some active Latter-day Saints who may be surprised to learn about Joseph Smith’s beliefs in magic as well as the connections between freemasonry and LDS Temples to be surprising. Some will even deny
Many people in the 19th century believed in magic. We’re not talking parlor tricks. We’re talking about real magic. In our next conversation with Clair Barrus, we will talk about how these magical spirits and
Historian Don Bradley made some waves in my previous interview when he said there were masonic implements with the Gold Plates. It turns out that Clair Barrus has some similar beliefs, and we will talk
There are many types of masonry. Freemasonry has broken up into several different organizations. In our next conversation with Clair Barrus, he will tell us a little bit about these different organizations and how they
