Article February 20, 1932 Issue

In your issue of Friday, August 14, there appeared a...

Cyril G. Davies, Committee on Publication for the Transvaal, South Africa,—Johannesburg

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In your issue of Friday, August 14, there appeared a review of a book. Anyone who did not know something about Christian Science, reading this review, would get a false impression of its teachings. The reviewer states that "it is a scholarly attempt to prove the therapeutic value of spiritual hypnotic suggestion," and that "the book is of greatest interest to students of Christian Science."

Christian Science teaches that the healing of disease is brought about by one's spiritual understanding of God and the knowledge of man's true relationship to God. Hypnotic suggestion is foreign to the teachings of Christian Science. In fact, Christian Science denounces hypnotism. On pages 181 and 182 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy states: "Any hypnotic power you may exercise will diminish your ability to become a Scientist, and vice versa. The act of healing the sick through divine Mind alone, of casting out error with Truth, shows your position as a Christian Scientist." It is understood that no Christian Scientist shall learn or practice hypnotism.

The review indicates that the book in question includes some of the teachings of spiritualism. This subject is not in accord with Christian Science.

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