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(Mere negation)
Animal magnetism has no scientific foundation, for
God governs all that is real, harmonious, and eternal, and
His power is neither animal nor human. Its
basis being a belief and this belief animal, in
Science animal magnetism, mesmerism, or hypnotism is
a mere negation, possessing neither intelligence, power,
nor reality, and in sense it is an unreal concept of the so-called
mortal mind.
There is but one real attraction, that of Spirit. The
pointing of the needle to the pole symbolizes this all-embracing
power or the attraction of God, divine Mind.
The planets have no more power over man than over
his Maker, since God governs the universe; but man,
reflecting God's power, has dominion over all the earth
and its hosts.
(Hidden agents)
The mild forms of animal magnetism are disappearing,
and its aggressive features are coming to the front.
The looms of crime, hidden in the dark recesses
of mortal thought, are every hour weaving
webs more complicated and subtle. So secret are the
present methods of animal magnetism that they ensnare
the age into indolence, and produce the very apathy on
the subject which the criminal desires. The following
is an extract from the Boston Herald:
"Mesmerism is a problem not lending itself to an easy
explanation and development. It implies the exercise
of despotic control, and is much more likely to be abused
by its possessor, than otherwise employed, for the individual
or society."
(Mental despotism)
Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so-called
despotism is but a phase of nothingness. Christian
Science despoils the kingdom of evil, and pre-eminently
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