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The Quest for Pure Language

Modern philosophical positions have restricted or eliminated the power and scope of the “language beyond language” once thought to have existed at the origins of the world. In this view, mortal language is the only language—either there is no primordial sacred language, or it exists but humans have no access to it. Joseph Smith saw these postures as capitulation to the curse of language at Babel (Genesis 11), which haunted him. The quest for pure language was a central aspect of his religious career and is a direct rejection of modernist assumptions about the potential of language. This quest for pure language—focused especially on the power of the hieroglyph—extended across Smith’s career, including extensive explorations of the Edenic language and traditions about powerful, nonordinary language.