Article March 11, 1972 Issue

Translating Human Experience

REGINALD EVELYN NICHOLLS

We live in a technological age; we meet technical terms, some new, some old, such as computer, commuter, transmuter. This last word, "transmuter," is an old word of the sixteenth century, and was applied to an alchemist who tried to transmute or change base metal into gold or silver. Two other dictionary meanings of this word are "transform," "translate."

Now, a student of Christian Science, although he may not be an alchemist attempting to transmute metal, or a linguist, translating foreign tongues, is, however, in a spiritual sense, every minute of the day, transmuting, translating, transforming. He is transmuting seemingly base natures into their true gold; he is translating human concepts into true spiritual ideas, transforming the physically deformed into their true, perfect, spiritual form.

Under the marginal heading, "Spiritual translation" on page 209 of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy, speaking of the translation of man and the universe back into Spirit, writes, "In proportion as this is done, man and the universe will be found harmonious and eternal."

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