Today we will discuss someone described as the "spiritual leader" of alleged murders Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow, alleged abuser Tim Ballard, and recently imprisoned Jodi Hildebrandt. Thom Harrison is a prominent Utah therapist who published a book called "Visions of Glory" in 2012, focusing on three of his alleged near-death experiences (including personal visitations from Jesus Christ). Thom Harrison and his book have been highly influential across the Mormon "prepper" neo-fundamentalist community, and particularly in the lives and stories of Chad Daybell, Lori Vallow, Tim Ballard, Jodi Hildebrant, as well as other "preppers" such as Julie Rowe, Rod Meldrum, and alleged abuser-therapist Maurice Harker. Lauren Matthias @HiddenTrueCrime Megan Connor (Lori Vallow's cousin), and Mindy Caldwell (Mormon super-sluether) will be joining us for this panel discussion. Episode Show Notes: https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/visions-of-glory-neo-fundamentalism/ Chapters 00:00:00 Introducing problematic current Mormon characters 00:03:20 Questions we should all be asking 00:12:50 She reached out to Thom Harrison 00:16:40 He wrote this letter to save his membership in the Church 00:22:00 Story of being in Lori’s trial seeing the book 00:36:15 The book is harmful and his ideas attributed to deaths 00:39:37 Excerpt from Tim Ballard’s victim’s statement 00:41:48 Chad Daybell and Julie Rowe were meeting with Thom Harrison 00:48:43 What are the church’s current views on near death experience books? 00:57:35 Clip 1 - My Apostolic Friend 01:08:40 Clip 2 - Thom’s First Post-Death Experience 01:19:55 Clip 3 - Out of Body Experience 01:26:33 Clip 4 - Angels helping during childbirth 01:35:08 Clip 5 - Visiting his wife as a Spirit 01:40:54 Clip 6 - Describing other spirits around him 01:42:10 Clip 7 - Describing evil spirits 01:49:00 How the Church is somewhat responsible 01:53:02 Clip 8 - Ministering of Angels 01:54:26 Clip 9 - Hearing inanimate objects talking to him 02:10:15 Clip 11 - If we are dark or light 02:17:11 Clip 12 - Inviting Dark Spirits 02:21:00 Clip 13 - People from Tahiti 02:24:10 Clip 14 - Pre existence 02:28:11 Clip 15 - Heavenly messenger 02:37:35 Clip 17 - Moving through portals 02:43:12 Clip 18 - Folding the Universe 02:45:22 Clip 19 - Banished to the multiverse 02:49:40 Clip 21 - Spirits possessing a body as it views porn 02:57:00 Clip 22 - Spirits possessing you when you sin 03:00:29 Clip 23 - Evil spirits becoming aggressive and possessing bodies 03:04:38 Clip 24 - The spirits entered a rip in his spirit 03:10:23 Clip 25 - Bar Scenes 03:45:07 Clip 29 - Joseph Smith Jr at the conference 03:49:35 Clip 30 - Portals Among Us 04:00:26 Clip 33 - Seer Stones 04:04:06 Clip 34 - Translated beings do not have children 04:06:47 Clip 35 - Thom Harrison is predicting the Couple’s Ruse 04:12:44 Smoking gun of the book 04:28:00 Clip 38 - Final Clip 04:33:30 Reading Thom’s entire letter 04:43:25 Main points of this book 04:53:00 Closing statements ___________________ At Mormon Stories we explore, celebrate, and challenge Mormon culture through in-depth stories told by members and former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as scholars, authors, LDS apologists, and other professionals. Our overall mission is to: 1. Facilitate informed consent amongst LDS Church members, investigators, and non-members regarding Mormon history, doctrine, and theology 2. Support Mormons (and members of other high-demand religions) who are experiencing a religious faith crisis 3. Promote healing, growth and community for those who choose to leave the LDS Church or other high demand religions 🤝Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories?default_interval=m Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/mormonstories Paypal: https://paypal.me/mormonstories Our Platforms: 🌐Mormon Stories Blog: https://www.mormonstories.org/episodes 🎙️Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories ✳️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sDzk7dRjODTSEqzZKZJzk?si=148b0efc1ccc4404&nd=1 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mormon-stories-lds/id312094772 🖼️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mormstories 📱TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mormonstoriespodcast 🎮Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kuX5p6yyjF Contact us: 📧 MormonStories@gmail.com 📬PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117 #MormonStories #Mormon #lds