Performing rituals without correct intention, knowledge, or pure pronunciation is ineffective and can be harmful.

“If I had done that, it would have caused more harm. What can I say brother, this is the work of a restless person. That was because brother, I did it without any mantra.”

Curses can cause real deaths when a person is so terrified by the belief that they have been cursed that they physically wither and die.

“in culture there have been many cases of people who they were told that the voodoo priest has put a curse upon on you and you're going to die. You're going to wither away and die in a month. And you know, they stop eating and they get hysterical and freaked out and they actually do die of fear, of t”

The second anointing ritual, involving the anointing of kings and queens, served as a way for Joseph Smith to connect with his followers and resolve personal conflicts through spiritual ordinances.

“Joseph did have the ability uh to bring his people together through the introduction of ritual.”