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Abanah (river of Damascus), 149
Acts, 82
Adamic man, 97
affirmation, soul growth and, 67
affirmations and denials, list of: 18, 36, 37, 40, 53, 54, 66, 70, 73, 77, 80, 83, 86, 90, 93, 96, 100, 104, 107, 112, 116, 119, 122, 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 139, 154-156, 179-188
animal soul (see soul)
atonement (at-one-ment) (see Jesus)
aura, 123
Beasley, Norman ("Let's Operate"), 104, 105
Beethoven, Ludwig von, and the "inner ear," 117
Being, 11, 159; as Principle and person, 168, 169
Bible, and evolution, 66, 67; as spiritual book, 140 (see Scriptures)
blessing, vs. cursing, 140-143
blood transfusion (see Jesus)
body, as precipitation of man's soul (mind), 109, 110; natural vs. spiritual, 68, 69, 94; regeneration (transformation) of man's, 64, 65, 68, 69; response of, to man's decree, 78, 79 (see Esau; Jesus; Spirit)
brain, as the seat of telepathy, 153, 154
brain cells (see cells)
brain testers, 91
Browning, Elizabeth (quoted), 11
Browning, Robert (quoted), 16
Byron, George Gordon, Lord (quoted), 47
Carrel, Dr. Alexis (quoted), 79
cells, 82; as light and energy units, 60, 61, 79; brain, 59, 91; transformation of, 66
cheerfulness, 104-106 (see health; joy)
Christ, as Prince of Peace, 101; as spiritual light in man's soul, 61, 62; as superman, 68; asking and receiving in the name of, 22, 85, 101, 102, 122, 123; attaining consciousness of, 43, 178; Elisha and Jesus as incarnations of, 149, 150; listening with the mind to the voice of, 117; man's attachment to God through, 12, 13; man's dominion over psychic realm through, 52, 53; mind of, as flesh and Spirit in man's consciousness, 138, 139; new birth in, 69 (see Jehovah; man)
Christ man, 110
Clark, Glenn (quoted), 3
communion (see prayer)
concentration (see faith; prayer)
consciousness, 138, 139; heaven and hell as good and evil states of, 101, 138, 139, 144, 178
creative mind (see Mind)
cross (see crucifixion; Jesus)
crucifixion, 64
David, and the Psalms 135, 136
death, sorrow at, 134
decreeing (see word)
denial, soul growth and, 67
desire, and prayer, 4
Divine Mind (see Mind)
ear, and excessive meditation, 117, 118; as auditory center in brain, 117
economic problems (see problems; world)
egotism (see will)
Elisha, and Naaman the Syrian, interpreted, 148-153; and the law of prosperity, interpreted, 33, 34
Elohim God, 55 (see God)
enthusiasm (see Zeal)
ether, and the spoken word, 77; in science and metaphysics, 15, 52, 53, 71, 72, 97, 98, 109, 110, 131; spiritual, 19, 28, 29, 32, 43, 74, 75, 139
Eutychus, 162
Eve, represented as soul of race, 64 (see Adam)
evolution, in science and religion, 66-68 (see unfoldment)
faith, 174; and concentration in prayer, 32; and healing, 27-32, 152, 153; as essential to prayer, 157 (see prayer)
Father, 3, 5, 16, 17, 28, 65, 84, 85, 128, 168-174, 177, 178; as supermind, 81, 82
Fathers of the Greek church, 166, 167
fear, 178; as a habit, 112; vs. love, 112-115 (see love)
Fenton, Ferrar, on Lord's Prayer, 3
forgiveness, on, of sins, 173, 174
Franklin, Benjamin, 81
front forehead, as seat of intellect, 25
Genesis, 39, 48, 49, 55, 56, 60, 77, 78, 97, 144, 166
God, and man as the "image" and "likeness," 55, 56, 60; as healer of every disease, 177; as joy, 45; as life, substance, and intelligence, 94; as man's resource,
89; as multitude of creative forces, 137; as silent partner, 40, 147; as Spirit, 4, 5, 14, 15, 67, 93, 94, 177; as the only power, 49; daily "date" with, 35, 160, 161; man as existing within mind of, 160, 161; man's communion with, as highest form of prayer, 4, 5, 13; not a person, 13, 84; omnipresence of, 11, 83-85, 121, 144-146; practicing the presence of, 4, 11-13, 136, 137; Spirit substance as mother side of, 39-41; word of, as spiritual principle, 174 (see silence)
God-man relationship, 13, 14; synchronized through mind, 58, 59
God-Mind, 12, 14-16, 72, 94, 121, 124, 159; man as executive power of, 88
gratitude (see praise)
greed, and zeal, 128
head, crown of, represented as spiritual center, 24
healing, and the prayer of faith, 27-32; Peter and John on, 102; spiritual, 133, 148-156; through praise and thanksgiving, 34, 35, 92 (see faith; Logos)
health, and realization of life, 118; and the Spirit of truth, 125; cheerfulness (joy) conducive to, 104-106, 132-134; power of word and thought in demonstration of, 92, 94, 164-174; vs. disease, 130, 131
Henley, William Ernest, 162
Herod, 72
"Holy Communion," 69
Holy Mother, 5
"holy of holies" (see inner chamber)
Holy Spirit, 69; as teacher, 31, 32
Hosea, 18
human soul (see soul)
I AM (or inner entity), 19, 31, 74, 138, 143, 144, 146, 150
"image" and "likeness" (see God; man)
inferiority complex (see personality)
Ingersoll, Robert Green, 21
inner chamber, and prayer, 3, 5, 16, 17, 24, 25, 81, 177 (see silence)
intellect, as instrument of Spirit (God), 25; represented by Jacob, 139-146; vs. Spirit, 127-130, 138-147 (see intuition)
intelligence (see light)
intuition, 154, 155; vs. intellect, 150, 151
Jacob, 52; and Esau, interpreted, 139-147
Jeans, Sir James (quoted), 97, 98
Jehovah, 18, 24, 77-79, 121, 130, 144, 145, 150, 151; as name of supermind in man (also called the Christ), 136, 137
Jehovah-jireh, 137
Jesus, and healing, 152, 164, 165; and race consciousness, 22, 64, 65, 68, 69, 101; and regeneration, 109, 110; and the greatest commandment, 58, 59, 113; and the law of thought affinity, 101, 102; and the Lord's Prayer, 3; and the presence of God, 14, 15; and the "Spirit of truth," 123-125; as adept in scientific prayer, 26; as dynamic life-giving force, 102, 103; as executive of spiritual principle, 87; as God manifest in the flesh, 56; as master and servant, 56-59; as our teacher and helper, 18, 29, 63, 64; as Saviour, 22-24, 64, 65, 75, 164; as son of man, 88; as the Christ, 150; as "the life" and "light of men," 60, 61, 119; as "the true vine," 12; birth of, interpreted, 49, 50; body and blood of, vs. body and blood of man, 64, 65, 68, 69, 75, 76; establishing a consciousness of oneness with God, by
studying life of, 84, 85; evolution of body and mind of, 66-99; instructions with respect to prayer, 4, 16, 17, 81; on fasting and prayer, 105; on joy of spiritual life, 134; on overcoming death, 6, 69, 88; on what He expected of His followers, 77, 78; on zeal, 128
Jesus Christ (see Christ; fulfillment)
Joan of Arc, 117
Job, 6, 77-79, 85, 117; on Spirit and spiritual laws, 129, 130
John, 60, 61, 66, 71, 102, 166; and Book of Revelation (1st chapter), explained, 61, 62
John the Baptist, as reincarnation of Elijah, 72; vs. Jesus, 61, 67, 68, 72
Joseph (dreams), 52
joy, 43-46; and health, 132-134 (see cheerfulness; God; health; prayer)
judgment, and zeal, 126, 127 (see zeal)
Kepler, Johannes (quoted), 160, 161
kingdom of God, 27, 87, 124; Carlyle on, 25 (see Mind)
kingdom of heaven, 163; and the transformed body, 68; no short cuts into, 72
Laban, 140
life, as universal energy, 64
light, in science and metaphysics, 120, 121; (intelligence), as one with life, 75, 119-121; of Spirit, 60-63, 68
Logos, 17, 66, 67, 73; as the Christ, the Son of God, spiritual man, 168; as the Father, 168-174; defined, 166-168; in its healing aspect, 164-174
Lord, 80
Lord's Prayer, 178, as series of affirmations, 3
Lot's wife, and past conditions, 96, 98
love, and gravity, 108, 110; and spiritual mastery, 58, 59; as essential to soul growth, 108, 109; as fulfillment of law, 113; as harmonizer, 107-111; Paul on, 113-115
McKay, Dr. Roy H. ("Let's Operate"), 104, 105
magic, vs. law, 86-89 (see law)
man, and his spiritual unfoldment, 55-59, 130; and seven centers of his organism, 154-156; and the Christ mind, 138, 139; and the development of his twelve powers, 58, 59; as anointed son of God (called Christ), 79; as cocreator with God, 94, 95, 98; as focus of Spirit, 169; as God's highest avenue of expression, 20; as male and female, 129, 130; as mouthpiece of God, 164, 173; as offspring of Spirit (God), 4, 28, 79, 87; as spiritual radio, 59, 81; as the "image" and "likeness," 55, 56, 77; happiness as natural to, 133, 173, 174 (see Jesus; soul)
Mary, 66
matter, and ether, 131
meditation, excessive, as dulling receptivity, 117, 118
medulla oblongata (base of brain), as seat of zeal, 127
Mind, 4, 58, 59, 81, 82, 87, 88, 108, 109, 177, 178; as everywhere present, 11, 160, 161; as light, 120, 121; as molder of man's world, 98; kingdom of, 124, 163; tuning man's, to Divine Mind, 81, 82, 160, 161 (see kingdom of God; man)
miracles (see law)
Moses, 121, 137; and the pattern on the mount, 24
Mother God (see Father-Mother God)
Naaman, the Syrian, healing of, and Elisha, interpreted, 148-153
Nicodemus, 15
oneness, concerning, 83, 84, 87, 88
Paul, 51, 71, 85, 106, 108, 113-115, 159, 161-163; and Silas, 82
personal will (see will)
personality, and inferiority complex, 78, 79
Peter, 24, 102; as "rock," 118
Pharpar (river of Damacus), 149
Philo (Judaeus), on the Logos, 167
Pope, Alexander ("Essay on Man"), 110
practicing the presence of God (see God; Jesus; prayer)
praise, importance of, in demonstration, 34, 35, 82, 91, 92
prayer, an entry of the ego into realm of mind forces, 28, 29; and desire, 4; and faith, 29, 31, 157-163; and healing, 177, 178; and joy, 43-46; and purpose, 45, 46; and supply, 41; and thanksgiving, 35, 43, 44, 82; and the spiritual ethers, 19, 28, 29, 32, 43, 139; as communion, not asking for things, 4, 5, 12, 13, 28, 29; as man's approach to God, 21; Emerson on, 36; in Jehovah's name, 18; Job on, 4; Paul on, 159; practicing the presence of God in, 4, 11-13, 24, 25, 136, 137; redemption of body and intellect through, 26; supplicative vs. affirmative, 159; to God a communion of Father and Son, 5, 13; value of concentration in, 31, 32 (see faith; God; meditation; prosperity)
prayer treatments, sample, for body disorders, 179-182; six-day, 182-188
problems, economic, and their solution, 128
prodigal son, parable of, interpreted, 84, 87, 89
prosperity, 89, 146, 147, 178; and cheerfulness, 104-106; and divine substance, 94, 95; and praise, 34, 92; and prayer, 35-37, 131; and the word, 137; vs. lack, 122
proverbs, on cheerfulness, 132-133
Psalms; as hymnbook, 135
Psyche, 47 (see soul)
psychic forces, handling, 47-54 (see soul realm)
psychoanalysis (see therapy)
Pythagoras (quoted), 44
race consciousness, 64, 65, 68, 69; and psychic vibrations, 50 (see Jesus)
Rebekah, 140
receptivity, spiritual, 118 (see hearing)
redemption (see prayer; regeneration)
regeneration, 64, 65, 68, 69, 109, 110 (see body)
reincarnation, and psychic phenomena, 50, 51
Samuel, 117
Satan, 101; as adverse mind, 128
Schaff, Philip, on the Logos, 167, 168
Scriptures, and the listening ear, 116; as record of man's experience, 56; on light and intelligence, 119, 120; on man and supermind realms, 100
"Secret place of the Most High" (see inner chamber)
Separation, concerning, 83, 84, 134, 158, 160, 161
serpent, as symbol of sensation, 64
Shakespeare (quoted), 44, 45, 49, 97, 114, 118
Sheba, Queen of, 133
Silas (see Paul)
silence, Carlyle on, 21; contacting God in, 14, 59; directions for entering, 18-21, 81, 82, 131, 136; intellectual vs. spiritual, 22-26
Silent Unity, 92
Simon, the Zealot (the Cananaean), 127
Simon Peter (see Peter)
solar plexus, as seat of intuition, 153, 154
sorrow, vs. joy, 134
soul, development of man's, as sole purpose of existence, 130; elements of, animal, human, and spiritual, 48; evolution of, 67, 68, 109 (see Spirit; therapy)
soul realm, vs. spiritual realm, 47-54
Spencer, Herbert (quoted), 22
Spirit, 6, 15, 20, 25, 29, 60-62, 73-75, 80, 84, 85, 121, 129-131, 138-141, 163, 169; as essence of all things, 92-94; as source of prosperity, 122, 123; born of, 119, 120; soul, and body, 108, 109, 150, 152; vs. intellect, 127-130, 138-147
spirit psychoanalysis (see therapy)
Spirit of truth, 122-125; as Mind of God in executive capacity, 124
spiritual receptivity (see hearing; receptivity)
spiritual unfoldment (see unfoldment)
spiritual understanding (see understanding)
substance, contacting spiritual, 38-42; gaining control of spiritual, 40; nature of spiritual, and its omnipresence, 38-41; thought (etheric), 122
supply, and Spirit substance, 38-41
superconscious mind (supermind), 100-103, 108; forces of, good or bad according to man's thought, 100, 101; named by Jesus as the Father, 81, 82 (see Father)
thanksgiving (see joy; praise, prayer)
therapy, spiritual soul, 90-92
thought, law of affinity, 101, 102; man's constructive or destructive, making him Christian or pagan, 101; projection of, 70-72, 94, 98; use and misuse of, 86, 87, 130, 131 (see Jesus; substance)
Timothy, 162
transformation, of Jesus' body, 68, 69 (see body)
treasures, material vs. spiritual, 128
treatments (see prayer treatments)
Truth (see Spirit of truth)
understanding, spiritual, vs. intellectual knowledge, 129, 130, 152, 153
unfoldment, 66-69; mastery through spiritual, 55-59
Unity, on evolution of soul and body, 66, 67
visions (see dreams)
Wallace, William Ross, 39
will, personal, as detrimental to bodily health, 150-153
Wise Men, 49
word, as Spirit's outlet in man, 73, 74; power of the spoken, 34, 35, 40, 41, 69, 73-82, 90-92, 164-174; use and misuse of, 86, 87 (see decree)
Word of God (see God; Logos)
world, people of, leaving out God in zeal for solution of economic problems, 128
Yahveh, meaning of name, 165, 166
zeal, represented by Simon the Zealot (the Cananaean), 127; use and misuse of, 126-128
Zion, represented as spiritual peace, 134