Glass Box Podcast Bryce Blankenagel

It’s that time of year again. We go through all the talks from #GeneralConference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from top to bottom.
 
Show Notes: 
 
EntheoMagus Documentary Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uHmmToTec
 
Documentary screenings: April 27-28, 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT At the Natural Law Apothecary.
April 29, 2024 At Brewvies
 
May 11, 2024 Portland, OR at the  Fifth Ave Cinema, 
 
https://seerstonedproductions.com/ to get a ticket
 
Find Brandon Crockett here: https://seerstonedproductions.com/ through the contact form. 
 
Find Alex Criddle here: https://alexcriddle.com/  
 
Find Cody Noconi here: mormonsanddrugs@gmail.com
 
Naked Mormonism links to 2019 “Entheogenic Origins” paper: 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MXig8juxUKfMkJAIoYDxB
https://open.spotify.com/episode/75DZPdYHHhXCXjpwwuNVkX
https://open.spotify.com/episode/79EGBuWTJTBdJrMcHzoBxJ
 
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa
 
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We’re very excited to invite a panel onto the show to discuss the forthcoming documentary about psychedelics in early Mormonism, EntheoMagus! We’re joined by the creators, Brandon Crockett, Cody Noconi, and Alex Criddle, to discuss the documentary, its genesis, and the overall future of the Smith-entheogen theory. Two sets of screenings are coming in late April and early May so if you’re in the SL, UT or Portland, OR areas, mark your calendar and grab your tickets before they’re all gone. Admission is free and we’re looking for any and all feedback!


Show Notes:


EntheoMagus Documentary Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uHmmToTec
Naked Mormonism links to 2019 “Entheogenic Origins” paper: 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MXig8juxUKfMkJAIoYDxB
https://open.spotify.com/episode/75DZPdYHHhXCXjpwwuNVkX
https://open.spotify.com/episode/79EGBuWTJTBdJrMcHzoBxJ
Contact Cody for a PDF or ebook of his book: mormonsanddrugs@gmail.com
Documentary screenings: April 27-28, 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT At the Natural Law Apothecary.
April 29, 2024 At Brewvies
May 11, 2024 Portland, OR at the  Fifth Ave Cinema,
https://seerstonedproductions.com/ to get a ticket
Find Brandon Crockett here: https://seerstonedproductions.com/ through the contact form.
Find Alex Criddle here: https://alexcriddle.com/  
Find Cody Noconi here: mormonsanddrugs@gmail.com  
Go get your Glass Box Candle!  https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel.
Mormon News Roundup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_XVScOBGKY
Latter-Daily Digest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Lu00FuBVU
  
Other Appearances:
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa


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Scripture study!!! Well, sort of. We’re talking about the codenames contained in the Doctrine & Covenants sections 78, 82, 92, 96, 103, 104, and 105. Names like Gazelam, Ahashdah, Pelagoram, Mahalaleel, Mahemson, Shederlaomach, and (most importantly) Talents, all appear concerning the Secret Combination of the United Firm, or United Order. We discuss the history of the names, who’s involved, and why they appear in the first place. Huge thanks to Gene Judson of Latter-daily Digest for inviting us onto the show and suggesting the topic! After that we chat about a movie concerning a secret combination, Hot Fuzz! We wrap with some happy news about biodegradable micro-polymers hoping to replace plastics!
 
Show Notes:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2203&context=byusq
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/blog/ask-us-top-five-reference-questions-about-doctrine-and-covenants-publishing?lang=eng
https://comparedandc.com/
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5015/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_code_names_in_the_Doctrine_and_Covenants
 
Happy News:  https://today.ucsd.edu/story/biodegradable-microplastics 
 
Media of Great Price: Hot Fuzz: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt 
Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/hot-fuzz 
 
Go get your Glass Box Candle!  https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel. 
 
Next Live Show! 
 
EntheoMagus Documentary Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uHmmToTec
 
Mormon News Roundup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_XVScOBGKY
 
Latter-Daily Digest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Lu00FuBVU
  
Other Appearances: 
 
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa
 
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com 
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It’s time for our next installment of Huge Niblet’s Approaching Zion! He spends basically the entire section lamenting higher education and any information from sources other than the “p”rophet’s counsel. Does he want us to be zealous, or learned? Nobody knows! But before that we have a quick debrief and error correction from the last episode of Mormonism Live with Dan Vogel and Bryce discussing the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon authorship. Don’t miss the discussion linked below. Then we round out the episode with some happy news about Christians getting supermad about being held to the same legal standard as non-Christians.
 
Show Notes:
 
Mormonism Live Spalding discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLZ68Z6LAI&t=6201s
 
ChurchisTrue authorship analysis:
https://wheatandtares.org/2020/04/23/book-of-mormon-wordprint-studies-in-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2KodKO9RYp69XCm0rtDCHkzSyd2i6Knmbu-asaDyFFnyNZvMIPGtf3Zb8
 
Happy News: 
https://www.christianpost.com/news/canadian-bill-would-remove-religious-exemption-from-hate-speech.html
 

Sword of Laman:
https://archive.org/details/mindofman0000nige/mode/2up?view=theater
 
Go get your Glass Box Candle!  https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel. 
 
Other Appearances: 
 
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa
 
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com 
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We did it! We FINALLY did it! After years and years and years of requests from many listeners we have finally taken a look at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s very first Sherlock Holmes book —  A Study In Scarlet. We look at the time period Doyle was writing it and why he would take on Mormonism in his first book. We also take a look at the impact the story had on how Mormons were treated in film. And since that book is an outsider looking into Mormonism, we decided that for the Media of Great Price segment, we’d look at a film of an insider looking out of Mormonism. Yes, after many listener requests, we watched the shitshow that is the Mormon film 17 Miracles. Following that discussion we cleanse all palate’s with some good news out of the UK about leaving a treaty that allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments. Enjoy your listener request episode! 
 
Show Notes: 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27089071?read-now=1&seq=39#page_scan_tab_contents
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27089071?read-now=1&seq=39#page_scan_tab_contents
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/victorianstudies.56.1.85?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents
https://web.archive.org/web/20060923063139/http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/in_another_time/041094.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-arthur-conan-doyle-fascinated-mormons-180965353/
https://archive.org/details/StudyInScarlet/page/n167/mode/2up?q=danites
https://archive.org/details/cityofsaintsacro00burtuoft/page/xii/mode/2up?view=theater
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=mormonhistory
https://archive.org/details/conferencereport1912a/page/54/mode/2up?q=portray&view=theater
https://theeverydaycinephile.com/series/utah-in-film/the-beginnings-of-utah-film-history-the-mormon-exploitation-film/
https://theeverydaycinephile.com/series/utah-in-film/mormon-portrayals-in-classic-hollywood/
https://theeverydaycinephile.com/series/utah-in-film/celebrating-125-years-of-utah-and-the-movies/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_censorship_in_the_United_States
https://web.archive.org/web/20061020125538/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1980/2/1980_2_12.shtml
Media: 17 Miracles
Happy News: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/22/uk-quits-treaty-that-lets-fossil-fuel-firms-sue-governments-over-climate-policies
Kang, Lydia; Pedersen, Nate. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Go get your Glass Box Candle!  https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel.
Other Appearances:
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa
 
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It’s time to take a look at the early Utah economy as created by Brigham Young, a ruthless capitalist in his own right. We take a brief look at the beginnings of the California Gold Rush and how much the Mormons were involved, as well as the battle for control between Bloody Brigham and Samuel Brannan. Which also leads us into Part 1 of our deep dive into Approaching Zion by Hugh Nibley. We discuss the first two essays and show the contortions Hugh Nibley has to make in order to present Bloody Brigham Young as a utopian. And to wash that image from your eyes, we will close out with some fantastic news about, of all things, the most recent Super Bowl and renewable energy. Enjoy! 
 
Show Notes:
https://utahstories.com/2016/07/the-legend-of-brighams-gold/
https://rsc.byu.edu/california-saints/apostles-amid-gold-seekers-1849
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-samuel-brannan/
https://www.historynet.com/latter-day-scoundrel-sam-brannan/
https://historytogo.utah.gov/mining/
 
Sword of Laman: 
 
chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/OceanLawSearch/Senate%20Hearings_Committee%20on%20Commerce%20Oct.%20&%20Nov.%201971.pdf  
 
Happy News: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/energy/2024/02/10/super-bowl-58-100-percent-solar-powered/72538610007/ 
 
Go get your Glass Box Candle!  https://exmocandles.com/creator-candles/ Look for the Destroying Angel. 
 
Other Appearances: 
 
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa
 
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com 
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