People throughout the world are looking for peace, stability, and health in all aspects of their lives. And perhaps more than ever before, they are seeking ideas that will help them care for these basic human needs from a spiritual perspective.
The European Alliance of the YMCA recently focused on the theme "Spirituality," and encouraged its members to seek spiritual growth as the means of ameliorating the world's poverty and hunger. In Geneva, Switzerland, a four-day international conference was held in 1998 to "reconcile science, religion, and spiritual thinking in the 21st century." The American magazine The Futurist analyzed nine global trends in religion, commenting that "... there is evidence not only that people praying for themselves may aid in their own health care ... but that others praying for a sick individual may advance healing."
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science and author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, was deeply conscious of humanity's quest for healing. She had spent decades searching for health herself, and writes with compassion to those who are seeking freedom from physical and mental suffering. Having finally found healing through a glimpse of true existence in and of God, Spirit, she assures others that their ailments can be completely cured through the metaphysical system she explains in Science and Health. Mrs. Eddy tells her readers that they can even expect to be healed simply by reading this book. "A thorough perusal of the author's publications heals sickness," Science and Health, p. 446 she writes.
