Men
generally have believed, or at least not wholly disbelieved, in the existence of spiritual power, but have largely deprived themselves of the advantages of such belief by assuming that this power is not subject to scientific investigation and use.
It
is wise to heed the warning of Mary Baker Eddy on page 449 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where she writes: "The inoculation of evil human thoughts ought to be understood and guarded against.
It
is clear that when one is in a conflict, his need basically is to deal with certain types of thought on the part of himself and the others involved.
The
traveler in equatorial Africa observes droves of zebra and gnu intermingled in friendly familiarity as they graze on the plains and drink from the streams.
Men
have been taught to think of the source and origin of power as something outside themselves, exercised benevolently or malevolently; as something over which they have, if any, only a precarious control.
Any
ethical system will fall short of its fullest possibilities, when put into practice, if it does not take intelligent account of the suppositional forces of evil.
Most
readers whose attention is arrested by the above caption will recall that strangely stimulating story, "Through the Looking Glass," written by Lewis Carroll half a century or more ago.
