The appearance of a new book upon this subject, at this day in the history of mental healing, prompts me to give some account of the practice of such theories. Some of the views of mind-curers would be very well, if they were not called the essentials of mental healing.
Outside of Science and Health there is little claim to originality. This new book is made up of quotations, separated from the previous thought of greater and more original minds,—fitted together with lesser mental acumen, with a view to applying these ideas to a function of which they have still less comprehension, —healing.
The work's intent is treacherous, resulting in perilous ambiguity of thought, using deceptive phrases to introduce subtle fallacies. It gives a kind of satisfaction to the novice, but is empty of Truth. All the literature of mortal mind-cure is made up of structure, but not of Substance. To one acquainted with the genuine article, the whole writing sounds like a garbled importation, which has paid no duty where duty belongs. The book is put together solely for the purpose of taking advantage of the mind-cure craze, and putting the author's name in this history.
