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LETTERS TO THE PRESS from Christian Science Committees on Publication
[Translated from Swedish]
Aftonbladet
Stockholm, Sweden Aftonbladet
Under the heading "Film Hypnosis Amazes Psychiatrists of Stockholm" a statement appears alleging that Christian Scientists make use of suggestion to allay pain. This statement is in direct opposition to the teachings of Christian Science and is based on misunderstanding.
Christian Science, which acknowledges no other Mind than God, declares that any attempt to influence through suggestion is erroneous, that is, harmful. Therefore it teaches one how to protect himself from this influence through right thinking. This question is considered of such importance that in the Manual of The Mother Church, containing the rules of the Church and written by Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Scientists are instructed to defend themselves daily against aggressive mental suggestion.
On page 453 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy writes, "A Christian Scientist's medicine is Mind, the divine Truth that makes man free." And farther on, "He does not trespass on the rights of mind nor can he practise animal magnetism or hypnotism." She also says (ibid., pp. 181, 182), "Any hypnotic power you may exercise will diminish your ability to become a Scientist, and vice versa."
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June 17, 1950 issue
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RIGHT SEERS
MABEL REED HYZER
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THE NEED OF HOLDING OUR GAINS
HOWARD J. CHAMBERS
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THE READING ROOM
Olive Thompson
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TIME, OR ETERNITY?
MARGARET FLINT JACOBS
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TRUTH IS REVEALED
FRANCES C. HUFFARD
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NO SHORT CUT TO TRUTH
HOWARD SIEPEN
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GRATITUDE
VERONICA VIOLET PARK
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HOW TO WIN
BESSIE WALDEN CARNEGIE
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AT A CHURCH MEETING
Rita Berman
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ACTIVITY HEALS THE SENSE OF LOSS
George Channing
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"THE HIGHEST CHRISTIANIZATION"
Helen Wood Bauman
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Notices
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors
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I should like to express my gratitude...
Edward B. Mayer
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I first heard of Christian Science...
Florence Kathleen Strudwick
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For the many blessings which...
Mabel Kellogg Booth
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For twenty-six years I have been...
Jessie Naomi Williamson
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Before Jesus raised Lazarus from...
Nettie K. Lilley
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Recently I have been released...
J. E. Lewis Wicker
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It is with deepest gratitude for...
Faun A. Lindemuth
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It is a privilege indeed to testify...
Martha J. Louthan
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About two months before I took...
N. Willetta Nickel
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Roy H. Parker, P. M. Luca, Joseph M. Newgard, R. P. Price, Wallace R. Bryerton