When Franz Anton Mesmer began exploring the nature and action of the human mind a little over two hundred years ago, few people realized the significance of what would become widely known as mesmerism or hypnotism.
When Mary Baker Eddy realized the nature and action of this mesmerism over one hundred years ago, few people understood what she was explaining.
Mesmer laid the groundwork for practices that today accept the human mind as a substantial power that can strongly affect, and even rule, our own or another's life. Mrs. Eddy challenged the view that the human mind has any real power whatsoever, instead insisting that God is the only Mind and therefore the only power.
