The Primitive Mind-cure: The Nature and Power of Faith, Or, Elementary Lessons in Christian Philosophy and Transcendental MedicineH.H. Carter & Karrick, 1886 - 215 pages |
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æther affirms ancient anima mundi animal soul astral light attainment become believe Bishop Berkeley body called Celestia celestial Christ of Paul condition consciousness creation cure degree disease Divine Nous doctrine earth effect emanation essence evil existence expression external faith feminine Ghazzali healing heaven Hermetic philosophy higher highest Hindu human ideal illusions immortal influence inmost inner intellect intelligence interior invisible Isis Unveiled Jesus John John xvi Kabala Kabalistic knowledge light living Logos Lord magnetism malady manifestation matter means mental mode of thought morbid idea mystery nature nephesh never object occult ourselves patient perception person Phædo plane of sense Plato Plotinus potency principle psychical pure Pythagoras real truth reality realm region righteousness saving says sensation sensuous signifies speak substance Swedenborg telegraphy Theosophy things Thomas Taylor thou thought and feeling tion tree true idea universal life-principle Universal Mind unto wisdom word
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Page 81 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 82 - Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. .And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accuseth them before our God day and night.
Page 74 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 188 - And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Page 99 - Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Another's soul wouldst reach; It needs the overflow of heart, To give the lips full speech. "Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed; Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed; Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed.
Page 7 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Page 173 - But we all, with unveiled face "beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Page 37 - But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach...
Page 17 - THE ETERNAL GOODNESS. 0 FRIENDS ! with whom my feet have trod The quiet aisles of prayer, Glad witness to your zeal for God And love of man I bear. 1 trace your lines of argument ; Your logic linked and strong I weigh as one who dreads dissent, And fears a doubt as wrong. But still my human hands are weak To hold your iron creeds ; Against the words ye bid me speak My heart within me pleads.
Page 70 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded upon our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.