This is an excerpt from a book I've been reading:
"Although the text was written in an exotic, long-dead language described as 'reformed Egyptian', Moroni had also given Joseph a set of 'interpreters': divinely endowed spectacles that would allow the person wearing them to comprehend the strange hieroglyphics. By means of these magic glasses, Joseph began deciphering the document, dictating his translation to a neighbor named Martin Harris, who acted as his scribe. After two months of painstaking work they completed the first 116 pages of translation, at which point the two men took a break, Moroni retrieved the golden plates and magic spectacles."
No, this is not "Harry Potter and the Magic Spectacles", this is and excerpt from "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer from the part of the book that explains the story of how Joseph Smith translated 'The Book of Mormon' from the golden plates he claimed to find. Mormonism would then become the most successful "American" religion. This is why I stand behind the notion that most Americans are really, really stupid. I mean, come on. The Angel's name is MORON with an I on the end!
If you haven't read this book, please do. It is the story of how far a fundamentalist sect will go to control people for power in the name of God and the horrible problems that arise from it.
