Spiritual delusions; being a key to the mysteries of Mormonism, exposing the particulars of that astounding heresy, the spiritual wife-system, as practiced by Brigham Young, of Utah. By Increase Van Deusen and Maria, his wife, seceders from that singular sect who were personally initiated into those dreadful mysteries
New York
Moulton and Tuttle
1854
1854
64p
25cm
plate
Frequently reprinted under this title and with a slightly varying title, which is enlarged from the previous copy; has a second recital of the ceremony and an allegorical description of its various degrees and ceremonies. Some copies have the fold-out sheet of plates
CtY, DLC, MH, MWA, NN, WHi
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