After having looked into the question quite a bit, I'm far from convinced that Joseph Smith practiced it. All the evidence points to Joseph vigorously opposing the practice and vowing to root it out. Evidence to the contrary is mostly hearsay and quite flimsy. Here are some of my findings:
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