Chapter IV - Christian Science Versus Spiritualism
Phenomena explained
87:1
with all material conceptions. Mind-readers perceive
with all material conceptions. Mind-readers perceive
these pictures of thought. They copy or reproduce
them, even when they are lost to the memory of the mind
in which they are discoverable.
Mental environment
87:5
It is needless for the thought or for the person hold-
It is needless for the thought or for the person hold-
ing the transferred picture to be individually and con-
sciously present. Though individuals have
passed away, their mental environment re-
mains to be discerned, described, and transmitted. Though
bodies are leagues apart and their associations forgotten,
their associations float in the general atmosphere of human
mind.
Second sight
87:13
The Scotch call such vision "second sight", when
The Scotch call such vision "second sight", when
really it is first sight instead of second, for it presents
primal facts to mortal mind. Science enables
one to read the human mind, but not as a
clairvoyant. It enables one to heal through Mind, but
not as a mesmerist.
Buried secrets
87:19
The mine knows naught of the emeralds within its
The mine knows naught of the emeralds within its
rocks; the sea is ignorant of the gems within its caverns,
of the corals, of its sharp reefs, of the tall ships
that float on its bosom, or of the bodies which
lie buried in its sands: yet these are all there. Do not
suppose that any mental concept is gone because you do
not think of it. The true concept is never lost. The
strong impressions produced on mortal mind by friend-
ship or by any intense feeling are lasting, and mind‑
readers can perceive and reproduce these impressions.
Recollected friends
87:29
Memory may reproduce voices long ago silent. We
Memory may reproduce voices long ago silent. We
have but to close the eyes, and forms rise
before us, which are thousands of miles away
or altogether gone from physical sight and sense, and