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The Connection Between the Economy and the Occult
Early 1800s was a period of massive economic depression in New England. It's also when what's known as the second great awakening happened. People got wary of mainstream churches and looked elsewhere for religious inspiration. Joseph Smith became a scrier to find buried treasure using magic. Despite making absolute bank being a scrier, he never uncovered a single piece of actual treasure. Instead, he was convicted of fraud. In autumn 1823, yet another angel appeared, the 17 year old Joseph Smith, conveniently in his bedroom. He said two angelic figures told him that all of the world's religions were wrong. And immediately Joseph Smith started having insane visions. Which as luck would have it, told him