Three thousand years of mental healing / by George Barton Cutten.

  • George Barton Cutten
Date:
1910
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Credit: Three thousand years of mental healing / by George Barton Cutten. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    —in fact, they claim to be the direct successors of Jesus and his disciples in this respect. We find, however, that the healer connected with the Christian sect has no advantage over his Mo- hanunedan or Buddhist brother, and that neither is able to succeed better than the non-religious healer in all cases. We recognize that when one class of healers fails in a case another may succeed, but the successful one is just as liable to fail in a second case when the first one cures. What particular form of suggestion is most effective in any given case de- pends upon the temperament of the individual and his education, religious training, and environment. When we consider the whole matter we are forced to the conclusion that mental cures are independent of any particular sect, religion, or philosophy; some are cured by one form and some by another. Not the creed, but some force which resides in the mind of every one accomplishes the cure, and the most that any religion or philosophy can do is to bring this force into action. As a general rule, one sharp distinction is noticed between the religious and the non-religious healers, viz., the religious healer sees no limit to his healing power, and affirms that cancer and Bright^s disease are as easily cured, in theory at least, as neuralgia or insomnia; the non-religious healer, sometimes designated as the scientific healer,’’ on the con- trary, recognizes that there are some diseases which
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