I bought this book by Ervin Seale entitled Mingling Minds. i just love books that speaks about the mind. It's a metaphysical themed book. If you would ask metaphysician then he will tell you that life is energy.
I first understood that word when I've watched the movie, The Secret. The Secret is one that I would really recommend you to watch. It will change your whole view point in life.
Anyway, Ervin Seale is said to be the "dean" of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (a New England philosopher, magnetizer, mesmerist, healer, and inventor, who resided in Belfast, Maine, and had an office in Portland, Maine).
He is also a clock and watchmaker by trade and has a great interest on mechanics.
I haven't read the book yet.
The introduction to Mingling Minds just blew me away and I started researching about Quimby and Seale. Just read below what I found out about them...
I'll update you when I finish reading the book.
About Phineas Quimby:
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (February 16, 1802 – January 16, 1866), was a New England philosopher, magnetizer, mesmerist, healer, and inventor, who resided in Belfast, Maine, and had an office in Portland, Maine. Inventor Quimby was a watch and clockmaker by trade, and held several patents for mechanical devices
Students
Among the students and patients who joined his studies and helped him to commit his teachings to writing were Warren Felt Evans, Annetta Seabury Dresser and Julius Dresser, the founders of New Thought as a named movement. Warren Felt Evans was one of the first individuals who wrote seriously on the teachings of Phineas Quimby.
Though he did not specifically establish a movement under these teachings he did open a practice in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Although the most important gift that Evans left to New Thought was his written work, Evans also took the important step of integrating the philosophies of Swedenborg and Quimby.
Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy the founder of Christian Science is often cited as having used Quimby as inspiration for theology.
Yet, most scholars agree that Christian Science does not reflect Quimby's teachings.
For a time Mary Baker Eddy was a patient of Quimby’s and shared his view that disease is rooted in a mental cause. But as her understanding of Christ Jesus’ approach to healing developed over the years, her concept of life and healing grew further and further away from Quimby’s.
Because of its theism, Christian Science differs from the teachings of Quimby.
About Ervin Seale:
Ervin Seale A Veritable "dean" of Quimby studies A major definer of the Quimby message was the gifted writer and speaker Dr. Ervin Seale (1909-1990), who for 32 years addressed a large audience at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City.
The Quimby Memorial Church is an outgrowth of the Quimby Memorial Church and Foundation of New York City. The Church and Foundation were under the direction of Dr. Ervin Seale.
Dr. Seale, a former minister of the Church of the Truth and president of The International New Thought Alliance, dedicated his later years to translating and publishing the writings of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby.
Seale, a veritable "dean" of Quimby studies, presents a readable portrait of Phineas Parkhust Quimby--an icon in the American metaphysical movement and pioneer of the subconscious mind and its connection to all the outcomes and issues of our lives.
Ervin Seale's books on Quimby are essential reading for anyone wanting to understand New Thought.
Quimby was a clockmaker who experimented with mesmerism, clairvoyance, and finally developed the mental healing techniques that later gave birth to Christian Science and then New Thought Christianity.
Two of his patients, Warren Felt Evans and Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science religion, produced some of the first books on the subject. The later founders did not have access to the entire Quimby manuscripts, which we can now benefit from.
Althought the writing is repetitious ( a collection of many short articles) there are gems throughout the pages. It is fascinating to see the development of Quimby's thought, and also to realize that he was a more profound and original thinker than most of the people who were later influenced by him, directly or indirectly. For a good introduction to Quimby, see Ervin Seale's "Mingling Minds".
However, the student who desires to transform his or her own thought, should read Quimby's "Complete Writings." In his excellent book "Learn to Live", Dr. Seale explains the meaning of the parables, the outcome of his classes and lectures over a period of years.
The Bible quotations are from the King James Version.
Dr. Seale is an exceptional communicator and brilliant metaphysician. "You may have a beautiful philosophy, you may have lofty ideals, but what you will do with your philosophy and ideals is dependent entirely upon what you are inside yourself" -- Ervin Seale
1 comments:
Thank you for making the distinction between Quimby and Mary Baker Eddy. All too often people who write about Eddy assume that she got all her ideas from Quimby when, as you point out in your article, their approaches to healing were, and are, very different.
Post a Comment