Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-29
A BOSTON CRAZE.
Remarkable Stories Of the Mental
Process" Of Healing.
Cares Which Show How Mind II
Superior TO l1atter-Theory and
Practice OF the Pro.
fesSOrs.


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Boston Journal.
The 'imind cure is called by people outsid'
Of New Eng gland, q Boston craze. No othel
city has developed tire system to such an ex
tent rs Boston, and probably in no othel
place are there SO many disciples of mcnta
healing. -Four recognized heads Of as many
different schools reside in this vicinity, while
dozens Of practitioners of more or less skill
and hundreds Of followers, swell the list of be
levers. A system of healing. claiming SC
many adherents and recognized so largely
by many eminent men, deserves at least to
be better understood than il is at present by
the large majority of people.
THE PROCESS.
The system is difficult one to explain.
Even those who have studied it longest ad.
NIT that they DO not comprehend its full
force, and are unable to describe the exact
method of the healing process The process
is essentially a spiritual work. 1t is held
that there is part Of us that is never sick,
and this part is mentally worked upon so as
to control the sick persons consciousness.
and this destroys the sickness, for mind
cures matter" A disciple OF this school is
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which he will not admit; he has a belief that
he is sick; he then says mentally TO the re-
| bcllious body: "What are you! You have
no power over me; you are merely
the covering given to me for pres
ent purposes; it is an error to sup
| pose that 1 am sick; | recognize the
great truth tliat myself, my individuality,
my personality, my mind, can not be sick,
In 4 40 III IS
God; and when i recognize the existence of
that truth there is no room left for the exist
ence Of error; it is unequivocally proved
that two things can not occupy one and the
same place; error can not exist in the sans
place with truth, therefore error is not in
existence, and / am not sick" And the
mind, thus utterly ignoring the existence of
error, OF sickness, keeps matter in state of
health Ii is not similar to will power for
viii power admits the existence of sickness,
but drives it away by the superior force of
the will, while the mind cure denies the
existence Of sickness, and instead of conquer
iDs merely ignores it entirely. II is not sim
liar to faith cure, for faith relies on the
action Of an outside power, the God power,
while the mind cure relies entirely on the
power, or, more properly speaking, health
MARVELLOUS CURES.
Many and remarkable cures are said to
have been performed by this mental healing
process. The practitioners themselves say
little about them; they are reticent TO an I'M
usual degree on this matter, except when
talking TO their own followers, and declare
that they do not wish 10 advertise the doc
trine in any way. Their patients however,
tell marvellous stories. One young girl, for
instance, had been sick for twelve years, I'M
able to leave her room; lady mind practi-
ticner treated the girl and in short time
she was able to go ont, and now is appar-
entity in the best Of health. Another lady,
who is only student in the doctrine, suf-
fered for years with the sevcrest rheumatism.
She became convinced CO the truth that
mind rules matter, and, declaring to
helself, 81 have no rheumatism; l have
only believed that I hal rheumatism: how
can I, my mortal self, b. i'll, that is be in err
ror! ! am not sick" convinced herself that
She did not have rheumatism, and since then
has not suffered the least. This case, like
many others, is one in which there is no mo-
tive for telling anything except the truth, as
tie seif-curer is not engaged in the practice
4 mental healing, ana is moreover lady
highly esteemed in the social circle where she
moves. At Quincy market are a number of
nIarket-men who willingly testify ms TO the
results Of this treatment One man said: Il
suffered for weeks with the most acute
and any one who has had that
knows how painful it is; put myself under
The mind doctors treatment, and he cured
ms completely
SERIOUS CASES.
The cures are not confined to such light
cases rs transitory palms. but are claimed to
affect contagious and hereditary diseases as
well in fact every kind Of Ill to which mortal |
man Is snsceptibe. One patient mad limb
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TIE ftNbASti'iAL IDEA.
The method OF treatment Is simple one,
M Likely TO Try the faith of the patient 10
loine, p.fhine. The nroctitioner faces tba
,crsno who believes himself sick for o,,opt
,nlr ap hour silently communicating in his
,,yu mind tho saine rs be ,,,null do in case bo
ii,ns,lf was supposed 10 lie III. or else exnloin-
No 10 tbe patient what The trp,b really is
n rc,orl 10 disease That i nlI flat Is n,:.es-
airy Sometimes q harmless outward onnE.
,,tiou is made merely 10 piva 4he ,,t;a,,
,nndionee since the test of belief e b,rd
vhe, uothipr is onn,rentfv done but this
nc no bearin, unon the method of curi,g
In Boston there are cour schools of this
vstem. and all of these hold as their funda-
mental idea that disease does not come from
,e1nota '' bnt thst !. Is ans Of ,,a arrs
,j;ca,ion of this truth Is not nv anv fs;,S
iut by an intelligent understanding The 4
rhools however disagree in regard to later