Ideal Suggestion Through Mental Photography

While people in general, as individuals, earnestly desire to find the truth, established systems—backed by prestige, literature, and authority—are extremely conservative. They do not yield an inch unless they are forced to. When acceptance finally becomes unavoidable, the "New" idea—after being freshly renamed—is fitted in as if it were always a part of the "Old." You are assured that it is only a slight modification of what was there before, and finally, that they always believed it. A typical example can be seen in the way the medical profession original: "fraternity" has received the phenomena of mesmerism An early term for hypnotism, based on the theories of Franz Mesmer regarding "animal magnetism.". For several decades it was shut out, viewed not only as useless, but as a fraud and a delusion. More recently, under the title of hypnotism, or hypnotic suggestion, it was allowed to peek in through the door; and now, renamed as “psycho-therapeutics,” it seems likely to gain a gradual entrance.

While the theory of mental causation The principle that thoughts and mental states are the primary causes of physical health and conditions in the body. for physical disorder fully agrees with everything vital and fundamental in religion (when religion is considered as a way of life), is in harmony with all high spiritual philosophy, rejects materialism The philosophical view that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications., and develops the highest ideals in humanity, the church as an organization still misunderstands and opposes it. This is because it has not been incorporated into official ecclesiastical Relating to the Christian Church or its hierarchy. and theological “confessions” In this context, "confessions" refers to formal, written statements of religious doctrine and belief, such as the Westminster Confession.. The fact that spiritual healing was regarded by the early original: "primitive" church as the natural outward proof original: "attestation" of the inner...