According to Latter Day Saint theology, seer stones were used by Joseph Smith, as well as ancient prophets, to receive revelations from God. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that Smith used seer stones to translate the Book of Mormon.
Many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that Joseph Smith used this seer stone (along with two others dubbed the "Urim and Thumim") in the Book of Mormon translation effort.
Emma Hale Smith
A 21st-century artistic representation of Joseph Smith translating the golden plates by examining a seer stone in his hat.
A 21st-century reconstruction of the golden plates and the Urim and Thummim connected to a breastplate.
Doctrine and Covenants
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The Doctrine and Covenants is a part of the open scriptural canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. Originally published in 1835 as Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God, editions of the book continue to be printed mainly by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ.
Title page of the 1903 reprint of the Book of Commandments.