, 1884-07-18
A BOSTON CRAZE.
Remarkable Stories of the Mental
Process of Healing.
Cures Which show How Mind Is
superior TO uatter-Th-ory and
Practice of the Pro-


Boston journal.
This "mind cure" ia called by people ontsids
OF New England, n Boston craze. No other
city has developed the system n snch AN ex-
tent as Boston, and probably in no other
place are there 50 mauy disciples of mental
healing. -Four recognized heads Of AZ many
different schools reside in this vicinity, while
dozens or practitioners OF moro or less skill,
and hundreds Of follower swell the list of Le-
levers A system OF healing, claiming no
many adherents, and recognized 50 largely
by many eminent men, deserves at least to
be better understood than it is ut present by
the large majority Of people.
THE PROCESS.
The system Is "A difficult one to explain.
Even those who have studied it longest ad.
init 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. II is held
that there is IA part Of us that IL never sick,
and this part is mentally worked upon 50 as
10 control the sick persons Consciousness,
and this destroys tho sickness, for "mind
cures matter" 4 disciple of this school is
sick-no, he is not sick, for that is something
which h. will not admit; he has a belief that
he is sick; he then says mentally 10 the re-
bellious body: What are youi 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 | am sick; l recognize the
great truth that l myself, my Individuality,
my personality, my mind, can not be sick,
for 1t is immortal, made in the image OF
God; and when l recognize the existence of
that truth there is no room left for the exist
ence Of error; 1t is unequivocally proved
that two things can not occupy one and the
same place; error can not exist in the same
place with truth, therefore error is not in
existence, and / am not sick" And tha
mind, thus utterly ignoring the existence Of
error, Of sickness, keeps matter in n state of
health. 1t is not similar to will power, for
will power admits the existence of sickness,
but drives it away by the superior force of
tho will, while the mind cure denies the
existence of sickness. and instead Of conquer
ing merely ignores it entirely. 1t is not sim
ilar to inith cure, for faith relies on the
action of an outside power, the God power,
while the mind euro relies entirely on the
power, or, more properly speaking. health
fulness, OF the individuals own mind.
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 10 an un-
usual degree ON this matter, except whom
talking to their own followers, and declare
hAh A'N w y ~ - W IN II -
trine in any way. Their patients, however,
tell marvellous stories. One young girl, for
instance, had been sick for twelve years, un-
able to leave her room; a lady mind prncti-
toner treated the girl, and in a short time
she was able to go out, and now is appar-
emily in tho best of health. Another lady.
who is only a student in the doctrine, suf-
fered for years with the severest rheumatism.
She became convinced Of the truth that
mind ala HttuNfRY. and HaDla.,r -.
herself, II have 10 rheumatism; l havo
only believed that / had rheumatism: how
can | my mortal self, DO Ill, that is, be in err
rori am not sick convinced herself that
she did not nave 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
the self-curer is not engaged In the practice
OF mental healing, and is moreover Ia lady
highly esteemed i'll tho social circle where she
moves. At Quincy market are II number of
market-nen who willingly testify us to the
results of this treatment. One man said: Al
suffered for weeks with the most acute
rheumatism, and any one who has had that
knows how painful it is; | put myself under
tho mind doctors treatment, and he cured
me completely
SERIOUS CASES.
The cures are not confined to such light
cases us transltory pains, but are claimed to
anect contagious ana hereditary diseases az
well IN tact every KIN OF Ill TO which mortal
maj 5 suseePtioIe' Ohe patient haa d ilmp
80 diseased mat IL hau turned black three
uoctors were SonSuited anu uecldeo tnatlI
must DO cut on, out hihd doctor held 9th
sr"ise' ana ai0er longer treatment imam
lsua!' LOT the case WIS severe Drought the
Linp DUCK 10 ls perfect cohoiuon' In
ShhrIest""h resides a gentleman whose eyes
"ere covered win cataracu, ana "ho mad
Deeh tolu py one Oh the most eminent eye
doctors oil TINS Guy that ne would DO bllhd,
that hothihs e1uGa he'P nm, me patent
went 70 uihu uoG'or-At tna1 ume oeing so
oiinu thet ne couia not reao tue signs on tho
streets through winch ne Passed-ahul ma
iew weeks po'h cataracts haa disappeared
Ano.ner lauy III heuloru' after a treatment
OF 10 Sittihgs' was reheved oil an even worse
oHhuneSs' Tue catnracr granuahy dlsap-
Pehreu' ahu i relurnou 70 tue eye Cases
OF dlphtnofia' ulcerauoh OF tne BRAIN cancer
asthma indlgestion' congestion oil the brain
ieyer' were cured oy tue influence OF tho
minu. many oi THESE eases the Paueht
hau peen gwen up oy the uoctors OF the reg
uinr scnoo'' ~ iaSt, WIS common saying
oiDr; SuInoy' tue lounoer OF tne mind
scn'oi' 'ha' peopie wouiu sehu LOT MN ana
q unuertuher h' u same thme, anu the
one VINO Ro' 'here h's' would get 'he case