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50201 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1133.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
This last suggestion is significant and appealing. He is still looking for some “fascinating discovery ahead” that will “revitalize religion.” If that can be accomplished Spiritualism’s battle will be won.
50202 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
I. Spiritualism and the Question of Metaphysical Healing
50203 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.
50204 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… . Waldorf, “Spiritual Healing,” Centennial Book, p. 204. (Italics supplied.)
50205 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
2. SPIRITUALISM THE MOTHER OF METAPHYSICAL HEALING
50206 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:
50207 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“69. Has Spiritualism practiced Metaphysical Healing?
50208 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 …
50209 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
50210 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“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.
50211 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
3. “SPIRITUAL HEALING” BY “EXCARNATE SPIRITUAL BE INGS.”
50212 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:
50213 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 …
50214 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.
50215 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.
50216 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.
50217 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 …
50218 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
II. Historical Relationships of Mesmerism, Hypnotism, and Spiritualism
50219 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 …
50220 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 …