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Betrifft: und ganzen Wagenladungen nephitischer Platten

> dass Brigham Young mal vor dem Hügel Cumorah stand und sich plötzlich der Berg zu beiden Seiten geöffnet haben soll und er und sein Begleiter dann hineingingen, um die gesamte nephitische Bibliothek zu begutachten ... Das steht übrigens wirklich in Journal of Discourses

Ja, da steht es. Allerdings war es Oliver Cowdery, der mit Joseph Smith in die Höhle im Hügel Cumorah ging, um dort ganze Wagenladungen an nephitischen Platten und auch das Schwert Labans vorzufinden.

Brigham Young erzählte die Geschichte anlässlich einer Pfahlgründungsversammlung am 17.6.1877 in Farmington, Utah. Zu finden ist seine Ansprache in Journal of Discourses, Band 19, Seite 36. Er hat da eine Menge Entlarvendes über die Schatzsuchermentalität im nördlichen New York erzählt, darunter aber auch das:

„Oliver Cowdery went with the Prophet Joseph when he deposited these plates. Joseph did not translate all of the plates; there was a portion of them sealed, which you can learn from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. When Joseph got the plates, the angel instructed him to carry them back to the hill Cumorah, which he did. Oliver says that when Joseph and Oliver went there, the hill opened, and they walked into a cave, in which there was a large and spacious room. He says he did not think, at the time, whether they had the light of the sun or artificial light; but that it was just as light as day. They laid the plates on a table; it was a large table that stood in the room. Under this table there was a pile of plates as much as two feet high, and there were altogether in this room more plates than probably many wagon loads; they were piled up in the corners and along the walls. The first time they went there the sword of Laban hung upon the wall; but when they went again it had been taken down and laid upon the table across the gold plates; it was unsheathed, and on it was written these words: "This sword will never be sheathed again until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our God and his Christ." I tell you this as coming not only from Oliver Cowdery, but others who were familiar with it, and who understood it just as well as we understand coming to this meeting, enjoying the day, and by and by we separate and go away, forgetting most of what is said, but remembering some things. So is it with other circumstances in life. I relate this to you, and I want you to understand it. I take this liberty of referring to those things so that they will not be forgotten and lost.“ (Journal of Discourses, Band 19, Seite 36.)

Das entstammt nicht etwa der blühenden Fantasie Brigham Youngs, tatsächlich gehörte die Begebenheit unter den frühen Mormonen zum Allgemeinwissen. So hat Heber C. Kimball bereits 1856 in einer Rede in Salt Lake City ausgeführt:

„How does it compare with the vision that Joseph and others had, when they went into a cave in the hill Cumorah, and saw more records than ten men could carry? There were books piled up on tables, book upon book. Those records this people will yet have, if they accept of the Book of Mormon and observe its precepts, and keep the commandments.“ (Journal of Discourses, Band 4, Seite 105.)

Das ist eben das abergläubige Umfeld, aus dem Joseph Smith und die frühen Kirchenbonzen kamen: Verborgene Schätze, Visionen und Geisterglaube waren für die was ganz Normales. Sowas findet man heute nur noch im brasilianischen Busch und anderen entlegenen Orten.

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