Joseph’s Sandy-colored Seer Stone

Joseph Smith owned a sandy-colored seer stone, also known as the Bidamon seer stone, which is photographed above. After Joseph’s death, Emma Smith passed this stone to her second husband, Lewis Bidamon. Joseph apparently had 2 of these stones that are about the size of a quarter. This seer stone can currently be found in the Wilford C. Wood Museum.

Learn More:

Wikipedia – Seer Stone
Wikipedia – Scrying
Wilford C. Wood Museum – Welcome to the Wood Museum
Fuller Consideration – Seer Stones

Image Credit- Early Mormonism and the Magical World View

Published: January 30, 2016

Categories: Magic

Tags: Joseph Smith, Magic, Scrying, Seer Stone, Treasure

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We grew up as devoted Latter-Day Saints. We have ancestors that we can trace back to Joseph Smith and recent forebears who converted to this new faith. We excelled at scripture mastery, went on missions, married in the temple, and diligently started families. We discovered many of the topics now discussed on our website and realized that the Restored Gospel that we were raised to believe in during the 1980s and 1990s never really existed except in the collective historical imagination of modern Latter-Day Saints. Instead, we found a rich history of fascinating stories-- some harmless fun, some absurdly bizarre, and some seriously troubling. This heritage is one we embrace as a formative part of our identity. We hope that you enjoy reading these stories as much as we do.