Chapter VIII - Healing the Sick
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was growing out of mesmerism; contrasted with a stu-
was growing out of mesmerism; contrasted with a stu-
dent that falls into it by forsaking the good rules of
science for a mal-practice that has the power and oppor-
tunity to do evil. Dr. Quimby had passed away years
before ever there was a student of this science, and
never, to our knowledge, informed any one of his method
of healing.
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The only practitioners of this metaphysical science
The only practitioners of this metaphysical science
to-day, have been our students; but through wrong
doing some have dimmed their pure sense of Truth,
while others stand firm in "the hope set before them."
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We should condemn a physician for adulterating
We should condemn a physician for adulterating
his medicine and then claiming it was genuine. The
medicine in scientific healing is mind; and shall dishon-
esty, revenge, falsehood, or impurity, be the stronger
ingredient or quality of his mind, and the practitioner
say he heals with Truth, and the science of Life?
Worse than poisonous drugs is the mental evil imparted
through inoculation of mind. Such a practitioner is
the most effectual circulator of error on earth. Even
though he may change a belief of sickness to a belief
of health, he has not the power to destroy error with
Truth.
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There are but two methods of healing, one is matter,
There are but two methods of healing, one is matter,
the other, mind. The scientist heals with Truth; there-
fore rubbing the head, or manipulating the body is no
assistance to impart Truth to heal the sick. To do evil
in science is not more possible than in prayer to God.
We will consider, briefly, some points of the mal-prac-
tice alluded to.
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First, as a weapon of revenge. The modus operandi
First, as a weapon of revenge. The modus operandi
of the mal-practice is as follows: The doctor rubs the
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heads of his patients, communing with them mentally
heads of his patients, communing with them mentally
as he does this, but instead of speaking to them only
Truth, and that which promotes harmony, he takes this
opportunity to introduce into their minds side-issues,
such as suit his sinister purpose, imparting his own
likes and dislikes to the patients, either from vengeance
or ambition. If the doctor helps the patients through
head-nibbing, it is through their belief he does it, and
mind is controlled either with Truth or error. And a
bad effect can as certainly follow this practice as a good
one, but the patients are wholly unconscious of this, or
how it is produced. If he has imparted error he cer-
tainly will deny it, but if he had not done this we
should never have learned what this mal-practice was.
Through an erroneous influence on their minds the
patients are made, in a day, worse physically, while to
him whom they owe this state, even the author of
it, all unconsciously they turn to be healed. We have
learned this mal-practice is impossible in science, and
is mesmerism demoralized. Had it been possible for us
to control mind through this subtle, criminal agency,
we could not have been tempted to do it, even in self‑
defence; the temptation, even, could not reach us, and
we resorted to our pen to expose this evil that reached,
for the first time, our apprehension.
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Some newspaper articles falsifying the science, call-
Some newspaper articles falsifying the science, call-
ing it mesmerism, etc., but especially intended, as the
writer informed us, to injure its author, precipitated
our examination of mesmerism in contradistinction to
our metaphysical science of healing based on the science
of Life. Filled with revenge and evil passions, the mal-
practioner can only depend on manipulation, and rubs