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50041 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
I. Spiritualism and the Question of Metaphysical Healing
50042 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Spiritualism. Then we shall examine the clear kinship between Spiritualism, mesmerism, and hypnotism.
50043 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… . Waldorf, “Spiritual Healing,” Centennial Book, p. 204. (Italics supplied.)
50044 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
2. SPIRITUALISM THE MOTHER OF METAPHYSICAL HEALING
50045 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Dr. B. F. Austin, previously quoted, in his A.B.C. of Spiritualism, under Question 69, answers this query on metaphysical healing:
50046 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“69. Has Spiritualism practiced Metaphysical Healing?
50047 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… . Historically Spiritualism may justly be regarded as the Mother of the many cults of Metaphysical Healing now spread over America. Long before Dr. Quimby …
50048 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
It is to be noted that Dr. Davis is credited with being Modern Spiritualism’s first “healer.” Austin then adds that
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“nearly every medium of the early days of Modern Spiritualism was a healer and the verified accounts of many of their healings read like Miracles of the olden time.” 2) B. F. Austin, The A.B.C. of Spiritualism, Answer to Question 69.
50050 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
3. “SPIRITUAL HEALING” BY “EXCARNATE SPIRITUAL BE INGS.”
50051 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.8 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
A five-part “Definition of Spiritual Healing,” adopted by the N.S.A. Convention in Rochester, New York, in 1909, appears in the Spiritualist Manual. Definition 1 states:
50052 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.9 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… excarnate spiritual beings for the relief, cure and healing of both mental and physicial [sic] diseases of humankind.” 6) “Definition of Spiritual Healing,” Spiritualist …
50053 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“by the spiritual influences working through the body of the medium and thus infusing curative, stimulating and vitalizing fluids and energy into the diseased parts of the patient’s body.” 7) Ibid.
50054 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The modus operandi is further explained: “Spiritual beings combine their own healing forces with the magnetism and vitalizing energy of the medium and convey them to the patient.” 8) Ibid.
50055 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
According, then, to this authoritative statement, the “healing” comes from (1) spiritual beings, or “spirit beings,” and (2) the “magnetism” of the medium.
50056 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… that “Spiritual Healing,” which has been a “tenet of ancient and modern religions... is now a tenet of the religion of Spiritualism and is practiced by and among …
50057 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
II. Historical Relationships of Mesmerism, Hypnotism, and Spiritualism
50058 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136.9 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Spiritualism in later years.” All over Europe, Whitehead adds, in the decade prior to 1780 “animal magnetism was engaging the interest of many men and women …
50059 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1137.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… to Spiritualism and clairvoyance. In its subsequent practice increasing claims were made, not only of mesmeric trance or sleep but of reading the contents …
50060 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1139.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… modern spiritualism.” 17) William McDougall, “Hypnotism,” The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), vol. 14, p. 202.