Mormonism and the Occult Part Three

This post is a little different because I don't want to spend any time trying to point out occult origins of Mormonism, but they are certainly there. Far more than I have described to this point in the previous two posts.

Instead I want to examine what the intent of the religion was in its purest form, before corruption and before claims of exclusivity.

We can easily discount any claims to having the exclusive truth and point out numerous fallacies in the church. There are entire websites dedicated to this. At a future time I will share more of that.

For now, if we can accept that the original aim of the church was to establish an organization that had the intent to help its membership receive enlightenment, then perhaps it began on that quest successfully.

IF it had remained true to it's origins and been clear in the subsequent decades that followed, that the organization is not the exclusive kingdom of God on Earth, but instead it's own form of communication, and a place where those who are involved can explore deeper meaning in life, with some guidance of the more advanced spiritual and mystical people.

There are many freemasonic themes that could be elaborated on, and those concepts are meant to help the initiate pursue enlightenment at the highest levels.

There is even a series of ordinances and practices that are claimed to be able to heal and to cause miracles.

Those ordinances in and of themselves are less important, and they carry no more authority(despite their claims) than other similar practices that you would see in other sects. But when they do work, there is a magick that is observed. How can they explain that?

An atheist might claim that it is simply a case of mind over matter. In a way this is absolutely true, but it is through the ordinance that the believer holds as truth that is the mechanism in which the magick is able to be realized.

Without it, that same person would still be suffering, but with the laying on of hands and application of blessed oil, they often become better off.

The ritual is the path to the magick. But it is not the exclusive path.

It might have been impossible to reach that point in a large setting without claiming exclusive truth because the membership as a whole would not understand the mystical nature of the practice. And with that, it would simply not work.

But when you go back in time to look at the organization in its infancy and see many of these things being discussed, practiced and implemented, it is fascinating to a point.

The problem in my view is that these occult and esoteric parts of the Mormon history have been buried for so long that they now are looked on as distasteful by many.

If they had held true to the original theories and practices, and kept them alive in their sect, there would be a very different church today. Something magical and productive. Something that truly offers enlightenment.

Instead, we are left with a shell of what could have been. Something that is not worth the time to pursue.