HE WHO WEARS ME SHALL COMMAND THE WIND AND THE SEA AND HIS DESTINY

 

Mastery of the elements and self-determination? 59 cents well spent, I'd say.

ROMANCE - GLAMOUR (LET'S TWIST)

 

Exciting AND glamorous? I'm in!

THAT NIGHT, SOMETHING REALLY WEIRD HAPPENED

 

Tom Lovell's painting The Angel Moroni Appears to Joseph Smith in his Room is an important one for the Church of the Latter Day Saints. It was during that this visitation that Smith's mission was revealed, along with the secret that there was a book written on gold plates buried on a hillside. These contained a gospel and a secret history of the ancient inhabitants of the American continent, and would become what is now known as The Book of Mormon. Moroni also made it clear that Smith should not show the original gold plates to anyone, ever, and that they would just have to take his word for it. And they did.     

EVER LOVING SATURDAY

I am a little bit obsessed with modern religious art, particularly that of the Seventh Day Adventists, which tends to be wonderfully kitsch, and garish as heck. I'm not an expert on their sect, but I know that they have been expecting Jesus' imminent return to Earth since 1844, and have Saturday as their Sabbath. They also believe in a healthy diet, and were instrumental in the creation of breakfast cereal.