Article December 26, 2005 Issue

Next in our biweekly series on how people have nurtured their public practice of Christian Science.

ANYONE CAN BE A HEALER

MY PATH TO A MOST AMAZING SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH

DANIEL SCOTT—SCARBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND

I HADN'T PLANNED to be a Christian Science practitioner. A combat-trained multimillionaire: yes. A theoretical physicist: yes.

But a healer advertising in The Christian Science Journal? It never entered my thought.

The childhood fantasy of becoming a "combat-trained multimillionaire" was probably sparked by watching James Bond films, and fueled by a wish to feel safe and secure. This adolescent dream gave way when I began to read books on quantum mechanics and string theory. I developed a keen interest in the world of theoretical physics, and went up to Cambridge University determined to become a mathematical physicist and help unravel the deep mysteries of the universe.

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