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17801 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: Involvements of “Spirit Healing,” Mesmerism, and Hypnotism
17802 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
I. Spiritualism and the Question of Metaphysical Healing
17803 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“Spirit healing,” often called “magnetic healing,” plays such a major role in the current phase of Modern Spiritualism-and has from the very first-that we must …
17804 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
1. “HEALING MEDIUM” RELAYS ENERGY FROM SPIRIT DOCTORS
17805 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1134.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , “Spiritual Healing,” Centennial Book, p. 204. (Italics supplied.)
17806 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
2. SPIRITUALISM THE MOTHER OF METAPHYSICAL HEALING
17807 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:
17808 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“69. Has Spiritualism practiced Metaphysical Healing?
17809 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Metaphysical Healing now spread over America. Long before Dr. Quimby and Mrs. Eddy and Evans of the Mind Cure, long before the New Thought Movement was organized …
17810 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.
17811 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and healed in about 20 years 150,000 people.” Austin even asserts, “No more astounding cases of healing are found in the world’s history.” 3) Ibid. 4) Ibid. See also …
17812 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , this “healing by laying on of hands,” which is “extensively practised in all Spiritualist Societies,” is, he specifies, by means of “magnetic forces.” That angle …
17813 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
3. “SPIRITUAL HEALING” BY “EXCARNATE SPIRITUAL BE INGS.”
17814 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:
17815 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135.9 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and healing of both mental and physicial [sic] diseases of humankind.” 6) “Definition of Spiritual Healing,” Spiritualist Manual (1955) of the N.S.A., p. 116. (Italics …
17816 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.
17817 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.
17818 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… “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 Spiritualists …
17819 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1136.8 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
That states the Spiritualist case-healing is through the “inherent” or imparted “powers” of the medium.
17820 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1141.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of healing” amounted to “a new discovery,” “that all disease has its origin in the soul, not... in the physical body.” But Jensen adds the cautionary note that “Magnetic …