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17961 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 …

17962 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.

17963 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 …

17964 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 …

17965 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1135 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

3. “SPIRITUAL HEALING” BY “EXCARNATE SPIRITUAL BE INGS.”

17966 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:

17967 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 …

17968 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.

17969 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.

17970 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 …

17971 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.

17972 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 …

17973 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1143 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

IV. “Spirit Healings” Flaunt Explicit Biblical Provisos

17974 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1143.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… psychic healing, hypnotherapy, or the “spirit doctor” healings in civilized and heathen lands, respectively. Divine healing rests upon submission to the …

17975 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1143 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

1. MODERN COUNTERPART OF OCCULT HEALINGS OF PAST CENTURIES

17976 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1143.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

” has experienced phenomenal growth in various countries in recent times. And “spirit therapy” has resulted in a resurgence of occult healings. There …

17977 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1143.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… spirit healing agencies through mediumship,” and asserts that, for these results, “wiser intelligences than man are responsible.” But these modern paranormal …

17978 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1144.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… “spirit healing,” only in cruder form-cures by wonder workers, invoking magical formulas and constituting the open operation of “spirit entities.”

17979 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1145.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… his healing séances Reporting to a “panel,” Thomas claims to have the cooperation not only of “spirit doctors” but of “hundreds of thousands of spirits helping …

17980 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1145.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… spirit healing agencies through mediumship.” The “operating mind must be a spirit one.” “These spirit operators we call the ‘healing guides.’” Again, “It is all by …