Hi Jason, Thanks :) I've sent you an e-mail offlist. Dan --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, Jason Richards <hiyya54@y...> wrote: > Dan, might I suggest your question might receive a larger response on > Mormon-Mystic ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mormon-mystic/ ). They're a > friendly bunch, though their moderators do insist on courteous discourse. > > From my perspective, Mormonism can readily adapt to truth where- ever it can be > found; though members of the LDS church would probably be somewhat wary of > anything described as "magic" or the "occult." I think it would be primarily a > semantics problem: Mormons talk about "Gifts of the Spirit" not "psychic > talents," about "Receiving the Second Comforter" not "Conversation with the > Holy Guardian Angel," about "the Mysteries of Godliness" not "occult > philosophy," etc. > > I'm a Bardon beginner. (I haven't really started IIH step one yet; I'm still > reading my way through first, as Rawn suggests.) But I am a Mormon and would > be happy to answer whatever questions I can. > > Owens wrote another piece called, "Joseph Smith Kabbalah: The Occult > Connection" which is also available at http://gnosis.org/jskabb1.htm . > > The opposing Orthodox Mormon view was published here: > ( http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=229 ) > > But those are really just two people's views, there's a huge diversity of > opinion about lots of topics (as I'm sure you know) when it comes to Mormonism > or Christianity or Religion in general. > > For what it's worth. > > > > Jason Richards > >