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THE SEER OF PALMYRA, Reflections Of The First Vision defines what is a prophet, seer and revelator. The importance of a modern prophet is established. This includes the spiritual and historic legacy of Joseph Smith and his family and the religious environment at Palmyra and in upstate New York. The reasons why Joseph's vision and early persecutions are not found in the Palmyra Register newspaper of the 1820s are discussed. Research in the 21st century shows contemporary religious revivals were mentioned in that local paper. The Benaijah Williams diaries of that time period also support Joseph Smith's claims of religious revival. The Book of Enoch and U.S. Army weather records may help pinpoint the actual date of the First Vision. Each of the eleven primary accounts in fourteen documents of the Prophet Joseph Smith's First Vision of 1820 are identified and investigated from historical, cultural and doctrinal viewpoints. The harmony and contemporary witnesses of the different accounts are also considered. These reflections from the First Vision continue to shine their light by taking us briefly from the First Vision itself to Joseph Smith becoming a seer and using his seer stones and the Urim and Thummim.
Steve received a Bachelor's Degree in History from Brigham Young University in 1980. He served in the United States Marine Corps reaching the rank of Captain. Steve apprenticed in architecture and took courses from California State University and earned a Master's Degree in History from George Wythe College in 1999. The following year he passed the California Architect's Examination and in 2001 Steve became a registered architect. Steve is currently a licensed architect in Idaho where he also owned and operated an architectural firm from 2002 to 2009. From 2004 to 2006 he served as board member and later as president of the Twin Falls County Historical Museum in Idaho. He is presently and since 2010 employed as an architect and project manager in the Bangor Public Works Department of the United States Navy in Silverdale, Washington. Steve's articles on the history of archaeology and the Smithsonian Institute, ancient American artifacts and Gnosticism in relation to cultural diffusion have been published in Ancient American magazine. The Gnosticism article was published also in the book, The Lost History of Ancient America.
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