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| 1 | Animal magnetism has no scientific foundation, for |
| | God governs all that is real, harmonious, and eternal, and |
| 3 | His power is neither animal nor human. Its | Mere
negation |
| | basis being a belief and this belief animal, in |
| | Science animal magnetism, mesmerism, or hypnotism is |
| 6 | a mere negation, possessing neither intelligence, power, |
| | nor reality, and in sense it is an unreal concept of the so- |
| | called mortal mind. |
| 9 | There is but one real attraction, that of Spirit. The |
| | pointing of the needle to the pole symbolizes this all- |
| | embracing power or the attraction of God, divine Mind. |
| 12 | The planets have no more power over man than over |
| | his Maker, since God governs the universe; but man, |
| | reflecting God's power, has dominion over all the earth |
| 15 | and its hosts. |
| | The mild forms of animal magnetism are disappear- |
| | ing, and its aggressive features are coming to the front. |
| 18 | The looms of crime, hidden in the dark re- | Hidden
agents |
| | cesses of mortal thought, are every hour weav- |
| | ing webs more complicated and subtle. So secret are the |
| 21 | present methods of animal magnetism that they ensnare |
| | the age into indolence, and produce the very apathy on |
| | the subject which the criminal desires. The following |
| 24 | is an extract from the Boston Herald: |
| | "Mesmerism is a problem not lending itself to an easy |
| | explanation and development. It implies the exercise |
| 27 | of despotic control, and is much more likely to be abused |
| | by its possessor, than otherwise employed, for the in- |
| | dividual or society." |
| 30 | [[[Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so- |
| | called despotism is but a phase of nothingness. Christian |
| | Science despoils the kingdom of evil, and pre-eminently |
| 1 | promotes affection and virtue in families and therefore |
| | in the community. The Apostle Paul refers to the |
| 3 | personification of evil as "the god of this | Mental
despotism |
| | world," and further defines it as dishonesty |
| | and craftiness. Sin was the Assyrian moon-god.]]] |
| 6 | The destruction of the claims of mortal mind through |
| | Science, by which man can escape from sin | Liberation
of mental
powers |
| | and mortality, blesses the whole human fam- |
| 9 | ily. As in the beginning, however, this libera- |
| | tion does not scientifically show itself in a knowledge of |
| | both good and evil, for the latter is unreal. |
| 12 | On the other hand, Mind-science is wholly separate |
| | from any half-way impertinent knowledge, because Mind- |
| | science is of God and demonstrates the divine Principle, |
| 15 | working out the purposes of good only. The maximum |
| | of good is the infinite God and His idea, the All-in-all. |
| | Evil is a suppositional lie. |
| 18 | As named in Christian Science, animal magnetism or |
| | hypnotism is the specific term for error, or mortal mind. |
| | It is the false belief that mind is in matter, and | The genus
of error |
| 21 | is both evil and good; that evil is as real as |
| | good and more powerful. This belief has not one qual- |
| | ity of Truth. It is either ignorant or malicious. The |
| 24 | malicious form of hypnotism ultimates in moral idiocy. |
| | The truths of immortal Mind sustain man, and they anni- |
| | hilate the fables of mortal mind, whose flimsy and gaudy |
| 27 | pretensions, like silly moths, singe their own wings and |
| | fall into dust. |
| | In reality there is no mortal mind, and conse- |
| 30 | quently no transference of mortal thought | Thought-
transference |
| | and will-power. Life and being are of |
| | God. In Christian Science, man can do no harm, for |
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