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In the poem map, Fenn makes what could be clearly recognized and construed by some as a veiled comparison of himself to Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion.
From Fenn's poem map in the TOTC.
"So why is it that I must go
And leave my trove for all to seek?
The answers I already know,
I’ve done it tired, and now I’m weak."
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Joseph Smith Book of Mormon story.
Joseph Smith Receives the Gold Plates.
"At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate. On the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me". Joseph Smith—History 1:59
'Seventeen-year-old Joseph Smith went about his usual duties on the farm the morning after Moroni had visited him three times during the night. But he was tired and weak. His father, who was working with him, could see something was wrong with Joseph and told him to go home.' (See Joseph Smith—History 1:47–48.)
Again from Fenn's poem map in the TOTC.
"So why is it that I must go
And leave my trove for all to seek?
The answers I already know,
I’ve done it tired, and now I’m weak."
Fenn himself sets the stage for this mystical direction of thinking in the poem maps opening statement.
"As I have gone alone in there
And with my treasures bold,
I can keep my secret where,
And hint of riches new and old."
Believe me when I tell you that Fenn takes great pleasure in playing mind games with people. His Thrill is a mind game.
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