The Prophet Paradox

What This Book Covers

1. The Forked Path
2. Chapter One - The Veil Was Thin
3. Chapter Two - Joseph, the Boy Who Saw
4. Chapter Three - The Stones and the Hat
5. Chapter Four - Plates, Prophets, and Publishers
6. Chapter Five - The People of the Book
7. Chapter Six - Nephites, Lamanites, and the Mythic Map of America
8. Chapter Seven - Zion in Motion
9. Chapter Eight - Keys of the Priesthood
10. Chapter Nine - The Temple and the Endgame
11. Chapter Ten - Martyrdom at Carthage
12. Chapter Eleven - After the Prophet
13. Chapter Twelve - The Metaphysical Take
14. Chapter Thirteen - The Last Revelation

Excerpt

THE FORKED PATH “HE WAS EITHER a prophet or the greatest charlatan America ever produced.” That’s the line they all say. Every time Joseph Smith’s name comes up, the conversation splits into two paths—faith or fraud. God or grift. And maybe that’s why he was perfect for the job. Because Joseph didn’t show up in a cathedral. He wasn’t born into royalty. He didn’t emerge from centuries of lineage. He came from the woods. From a log cabin. From a family buried in debt. He came out of chaos—just like the country around him. This was the burned-over district of upstate New York, where the spiritual air was so thick with visions, angels, and awakenings that it could catch fire at any moment. The...