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Adam, 4, 40, 158; and Eve, 177, 178

Adamic man, 178

affirmation, and faith, 103; and order, 121; effect of, on body, 13, 14

affirmations and denials, list of: 22, 34, 37, 38, 61, 64-66, 137-139, 142, 144, 147, 150, 153-155, 157, 159, 161-163, 165, 167-169, 171, 173, 176, 177, 179, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 193, 194

angels, 70, 71

ascension, 73, 83, 84

atom, 149, 174

at-one-ment, 40 (see God; realization)

attention (see concentration)

aura, spiritual, 76, 110, 138, 139, 146

Being, as aggregation of ideas, 177; defined, 24; expression inevitable in, 131; how to stir powers of, 18, 19; unchangeable laws of, 34, 59

Bible, key to, 70, 71; mysticism and inspiration of, 139

blood, 158; as symbol of primal life, 152 (see Jesus)

body, creation and interrelation of physical and spiritual, 186; flesh body vs. ideal, 52, 184; healing power stored in, 156; human, as dynamo, 14; Jesus as demonstrator of imperishable, 184, 185; natural, vs. spiritual, 186; present abode of Jesus; 11, 12; psychic, 51; race thought about, 184; regeneration of, 72, 73, 83, 84; resurrection of, 13, 14; transformation of, by right thinking, 40-42, 163; transforming process of mind and, 63 (see Jesus)

brain cells (see cells)

bread, and wine, 144, 145, 158, 159

cause and effect, 16, 92, 93, 132, 133, 136, 190, 191

cells, 130, 138, 170, 176; and ideas, 72, 73; and thought,

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127, 128, 192; as electric batteries, 14, 185; body, as centers of force, 172, 173; brain, 73, 160, 161; live vs. dead, 12, 13; of body of Jesus, 41, 146, 194; transformation of, 41, 52, 163

Christ, as Jehovah, 157, 182, 183; as loving Mind, 63; as name of God-Mind in man, 178; as superman, 16; as the Word (Logos) 6; as Truth, 102; defined, 9-11; man's access to, 17; Paul on having mind of, 52; power of, 96, 97; putting on, 163, 173; spoke often through Jesus, 11; substance (body) and life (blood) of, 158, 159 (see Jesus; Son of God)

Christ I AM, 157

Christ man, 9, 10, 28, 131, 132

Christ Mind, 147, 149, 150, 153; as unifying principle of race, 131

Christianity, and modern science, 142-144; living God in, 94

church of Christ, as aggregation of ideas, 102

Comforter, 179, 182, 195

communion, 24, 25, 32, 33

concentration, and realization, 45; as mental magnet, 44; equal to prayer, 48

consciousness, 64; Adam consciousness vs. Christ, 40; and life, 104, 105; and mind, 31, 33, 34; personal, 98

creation, 140, 141, 186, 187; and faith, 100, 101; God's ideal conception of, 16

Crile, Dr. George W., 191, 192

crucifixion, 184, 185; significance of, 163

Darwin, Charles Robert, 191, 192

"day of judgment," 161

daydreamers, 113, 114

death, 146; nature of, 189, 190; overcoming of, 90, 91, 131-133, 162, 163; separation of mind and body in, 73

demonstration, 175, 176; and thoughts, 112; of unseen forces, 159; secret of, 133, 134; three steps in, 109

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denial, importance of both affirmation and, 129

discernment, spiritual, 92, 93, 103, 139

disease germs, 173, 174

disobedience, and sickness, in Scriptures, 53

Divine Mind, 5, 24, 67, 77, 81, 83, 102, 121, 146, 162, 173, 175, 176, 179

doctors, 80; and faith, 107-109

doubt, 106 (see faith)

dreams, 82, 195 (see revelation)

eden (see Garden of Eden)

Edison, Thomas Alva, 44, 45

Einstein, Albert (quoted), 49, 50

electricity, and faith, 44, 45

Elijah, 75, 126

Eliphaz, 144

Elisha, 75

Elohim God, 45, 140, 141,186; as universal Principle, 158

Emerson, 87, 149; on enthusiasm, 174

energy, 42, 43, 138, 145; spiritual, 104, 146, 147 (see thought)

enthusiasm, 174, 175

ether, and omnipresent Mind, 140; and space, 143; spiritual, as zone of spiritual force, 83, 84, 157

Eve (see Adam)

evolution, 54, 55; Christ or Son-of-God, 10

faith, 15, 44, 53, 74, 101, 111, 144, 156; and instantaneous healing, 56; and material remedies, 104; as basis of all action, 107; as substance of mind, 35, 101; as superenthusiasm, 175; blind, 106; defined, 100, 101; miraculous power of, 75; represented by Peter, 47, 102, 103; understanding, 72; vs. doubt, 106 (see creation; man; prayer)

Father, 50, 95, 97, 135, 141, 187; access to, through Jesus Christ as Son of God, 19; as provider, 18, 68, 109; as Spirit, 98, 99; self-righteousness as barrier to

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love of, 70; Son, Holy Spirit, 64, 121, 122; working in unity with, 143 (see creative mind)

Father-Mind, 4, 17, 63, 64, 83, 131, 177-179

fear, 57; erasing, 168, 169

forehead, as center of consciousness, 152

forgiveness, and healing, 57, 58, 60; and understanding, 61; of others, 60, 61, 68; significance of, 58, 59

Garden of Eden, 158, 177, 178

Genesis, 140, 141, 165

genius, 113; and intuition, 48; musical, 49

God, as a person, vs. God as mind, 34-36; as animating principle of creation, 190, 191; as Father, 98, 109, 190; as health, 23, 30-32, 53; as lawgiver, 58, 59; as life, 29, 104; as love, 26, 27, 29, 35; as mind, 30-34, 63; as power, 25-27; as principle, 34, 71; as Spirit, 14, 17, 28, 29, 46, 47, 73, 74, 78, 185; as "still small voice," 27, 28; as Truth, 30; as wisdom, intelligence, and substance, 26, 27; character of, 177; end of old ideas about man and, 20; imaginary notions of, 70, 71; known through mind. not senses, 73, 74; man's communion with, 24, 25, 32, 33; not circumscribed, 29; present in all His creations, 36, 120; unity (at-one-ment) with, through Christ, 21, 40, 50, 131; various names of, and their meaning, 140-142; wrong concepts of, 25, 34

Godhead, man's relation to, 24

God-man, 71

God-Mind, 4, 5, 9, 46, 156, 177, 179, 180, 184, 192; and man's mind, 40, 41; faith in, 15

God's will, 3, 91

healing, absent, 144; and forgiveness, 58; and order, 117, 118; and receptivity, 112, 113, 176, 177; denial as good drill for, 37; instantaneous, 56; method of metaphysical, 45, 50, 51; miracle theory of, 3; nature of, 9; origin of power of, 18, 19; through

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praise and thanksgiving, 137-139

health, and righteousness, 53, 54; and vitality, 104; as natural, 5, 9; as normal condition of all creation, 24; defined, 23, 24, 39; lawful way to attain, 16, 127; realizing principle of, 40, 49; singing and, 169-173; thoughts as determining, 33, 127; way to continuous, 17 (see law; mind; prayer)

"heavens." (see kingdom of heaven)

holy of holies, 135, 136

Holy Spirit, 155; as active manifestation, 63; as bond of brotherhood, 193, 194; as Logos, 161; as mediator or equalizer, 194, 195; as Mother-God, 183, 184; as personal representative of God, 148; as regarded by scientific world, 182; as Spirit of wholeness, 182; character of, 183

hygeia, 182

hypnotism, 45, 46, 160

I AM, 22, 24, 35, 60, 64, 111, 122-126, 157, 158; and the lifted consciousness, 19; as creative power of individual, 158; as name of Jehovah, 13, 14, 164; as presiding ego in each organism, 14; in Hebrew scriptures, 122, 123; lawful and unlawful use of, 123, 124 (see Jehovah)

I AM THAT I AM, 141

I will, 24

ideas, 30, 31, 121, 122, 175, 176; and race consciousness, 130; as catching, 136; as only means of communication between God and man, 32, 33; as source of things, 35, 36; giving name ("character") to, 165 physical body carried in mind as, 186; reaction of mind to, 90, 94, 95, 129, 130

image, and expression, 113, 114

incarnation (see reincarnation)

individuality, vs. personality, 69

influence, mystery of personal, 147

inspiration, vs. intellectual reasoning, 111

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intellect, and demonstration, 111; and Truth seeking, 106

intelligence, 26, 27, 37; Mind as source of, 121, 122; two types of, 24

intuition, as instinct of animal soul, 42; Einstein on, 49, 50 (see genius)

Isaiah, 81

Jacob, 71

James, 79, 178, 179

Jeans, Sir James, allusion to, 46; (quoted), 149

Jehovah, 148, 182, 183; and Christ, 155, 156; as I AM, 13, 14, 122, 164; as individual I AM, 158 (see I AM)

Jehovah God, 141, 154, 158, 178, 186, 187

Jehovah-jireh, 141, 142

Jehovah-rapha, 123, 141, 155

Jehovah-shalom, 122, 123, 139, 141, 142

Jehovah-shammah, 164

Jesus, alive in spiritual ethers ("heavens"), 11, 12, 83, 84, 110; and conversion of Paul, 12; and evolution, 54, 55; and faith, 101, 102, 108, 144, 157, 175, 176; and Holy Spirit, 155; and prayer, 69, 70, 78; and race consciousness, 146, 147, 159; and regeneration ("new birth"), 10, 11, 52; and the abundant life, 105, 106; and the kingdom of God (heaven), 99, 134, 135, 138, 139, 143, 150, 165; and the Lord's Prayer, 67, 68, 109; and the power of the word, 88, 99, 132, 133, 161; as appointed head of race, 19; as demonstrator and teacher of mind laws, 39, 54, 142; as example of God glorified in man, 191; as exponent of impersonal I AM, 157, 158; as fearless of disease, 57; as perfect expression of God-Mind, 9; as spiritual man, 47; ascension of, through body regeneration, 72, 73, 83, 84; body and blood of, 144, 145, 158, 159; born to save human family from extinction, 4; distinction between Christ and 9-11; healing method of, 3-5, 56, 57; mind and

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body of, raised to His supermind level, 17, 18, 161, 162; mission of, 21; on false Christs, 19, 20; on healing and forgiveness of sin, 57-60; on oneness with the Father, 50, 97; on overcoming death, 90, 91, 132, 133, 162; response of, to united prayer, 12; salvation through, 165; transfiguration of, 41; used law, not miracles, 129; using name of, 155-157, 164-167, 180 (see Christ)

Jesus Christ (see Christ; Jesus)

Jethro, 164

Job, 31, 46, 53, 82, 87, 88, 144

John, 15, 83, 164, 190

John the Baptist, 118, 119; vs. Son of God, 61, 62

joy, healing force of, 168-170; vs. fear, 168, 169

kingdom of God, 71, 77, 125, 189, 190; externalized gradually, 115; seeking of, through thought, 78, 138, 139; spiritual understanding as key to, 98, 99

kingdom of heaven, 12, 20, 21, 130, 165, 166, 173; as realm of mind, 47, 48, 83, 84, 143; how to enter, 134, 135

Last Supper, 144, 145, 158, 159

law, 34, 44, 171-174; and health, 53; as Truth, 59, 60; man-made law vs. spiritual, 118, 119; manifesting God's, 180; spiritual, 119-124

Lazarus, 9, 39, 40

Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm von, 55

life, current of, and right relation of ideas, 4, 5, 162; defined, 29; everywhere present, 40, 104, 105; fullness of, and life consciousness, 104, 105

light, 115, 116, 124, 140, 178; as waves (mind) and particles (matter), 187, 188

logic, 190, 191

Logos, 6, 15, 144, 161, 163 (see Jesus; Word of God)

Lord, all men as chosen of, 115, 116; as translation of word Jehovah, 123

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Lord's Prayer, 67, 68, 109

love, 26, 27, 29, 35, 183; importance of, 62; of spiritual things, 62

Lowell, James Russell, 191

Luther, Martin, 71, 72, 85, 86

man, as determiner of his own destiny, 100; as God's image and likeness, 14, 15, 46, 47, 60, 61, 74, 127, 154, 186; as God's supreme creation, 9, 22; as spirit, soul, body, 71; as temple of God, 115, 116, 174, 175, 185; as the Son of God, 191; desire of, to shift the burden or escape life's experiences, 188, 189; development of, 177, 178; faith innate in, 100, 101; inability of, to receive fullness of power, 194, 195; mind's role in consciousness of, 31; natural vs. spiritual, 10, 11, 175, 176; power of, to manifest the ideal, 16; twelve faculties of, represented by twelve tribes of Israel, 152

Marconi, Guglielmo, 159, 160

Mark, on following Christ, 167

"masters," and occult brotherhood, 19, 20

matter, 187, 188; and God, 26, 27; end of world of, 20, 149 (see world)

medicine, no permanent healing through, 80

meditation (see prayer)

mediumship (see hypnotism)

Melanchthon, Philipp, 71, 72, 85, 86

Mesmer, Franz Anton, 45, 46

Messiah ("anointed") spiritual meaning of term, 10

metaphysics, and Trinity, 121, 122

mind, 187, 188; as link between God and man, 30-32; as place of origin of acts, 58, 186; as source of health, 40; creative, as the Father (also called "heaven"), 18, 47; discipline of, 97; Divine, vs. sense, 81; finding God through, 31; idea, and manifestation, 31, 54, 64, 121, 122; laws of, exact, 34, 35, 44; man and universe founded on, 3; molds matter, 186,

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187; of nature as man's servant, 188; peace of, 176, 177; science of, 126, 127; study of healthy, 30, 31; unlimited ideas in, 18 (see consciousness; God; man)

miracles, 3, 41, 71, 72, 129, 142 (see healing)

Moses,53, 75, 76, 122, 139-141, 156; as master of nature, 164

Mother-God, 183, 184

Naaman, 75

Napoleon, 106

nature, healing power of, 18, 19; restorative power of, as Holy (healing) Spirit, 170, 182

"new birth" (see rebirth)

New Jerusalem, 84, 115

Nicodemus, 10, 85

omnipresence, God's, 36, 71, 90, 191

order, divine, 117, 118, 121, 130; in body and affairs, 119, 120; in food and clothing, 120, 121

pantheism, 190, 191

parables, 84

Paul, 4, 29, 52, 117, 118, 142, 148, 185, 193; and Silas, 75, 76; on dying daily, 163; on faith, 74, 75, 100, 101; on resurrection, 12, 13

peace, 141, 142, 176

personality, 17, 69

Peter, 83, 106, 163, 166; (church), as man's immortal body, 50; (faith), 47, 102, 103

Philip, 190

Phylacteries, 90-92

Poincare, Henri, 48

Pope, Alexander (quoted), 117

power, defined, 25, 26; life-giving, 16, 17; misuse of, 26; to be invoked, 188

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prayer, 175, 176; and faith, 72, 74, 75, 79, 80; and health, 39, 79-81; and spiritual ethers, 75, 76, 83, 84; and spiritual inspiration, 111; and thanksgiving, 78, 137, 138; as an affirmation of Being, 67; as invocation, meditation, concentration, denial, and affirmation, 70; consciousness of I AM presence through, 123; daily, 169; effective, 74; for realization, and its consummation, 47; importance of getting still in, 80; in Jesus' name, 84, 164-167; Jesus' directions for, 77; necessity of, 69, 125; not supplication or begging, 67, 78, 83; persistency in, 68, 85, 86; presence of Jesus felt through, 11, 12, 17, 18; related to laws of God, 76; silent vs. audible, 78, 79 (see concentration)

prayer wheels, 90-92

principle, 34

"Promised Land," 95, 96

psychology, 142-144, 155, 156

Pythagoras, 171

race consciousness, 130, 146, 147, 159

radiation, soul, 110

realization, 45, 47, 176; and health, 49; as expectancy objectified, 50, 51; meaning of, 40

rebirth, 10, 52

receptivity, 112, 113, 176, 177

regeneration, 10, 11, 52, 72, 73, 83, 84, 97 (see body; Jesus)

reincarnation, 13; and genius, 49

repentance, 189, 190; and forgiveness, 58, 59

resurrection, 13

revelation, and meditative state of mind, 82, 83; in sleep and dreams, 82

Revelation, 6th chapter of, explained, 150, 151; 7th chapter of, explained, 152

salvation, 162, 165

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Satan, 20; as sensation, 177, 178

science, 126, 127; and Genesis, 188; and metaphysics, 44, 45

Scriptures, 177; understanding of, and study of mind, 54

"Second Coming," 12, 149, 150

selfishness, 151; hoarding breeds, 68; vs. love, 61, 62

Shakespeare, 13, 47, 48, 50, 51, 122, 166, 171, 188, 189

sickness, denying, 103 (see disobedience; sin)

Silas (see Paul)

Simon Peter (see Peter)

sin, and sickness, as cause and effect, 5, 17, 53, 57-60; of omission and commission, 17; unreality of, 59, 60, 61, 103

sleep, 82 (see revelation)

Socrates, 110, 147, 148

Solomon (dreams), 82

Son of God (Christ), 10, 19, 191; life-giving power of, 16, 17

Son of man, 10, 59, 60, 70

song, therapeutic value of, 169-173

"soul body," 147

Spencer, Herbert, 188 Spinoza, 170, 171

Spirit, 119, 120, 162; as source of soul and body, 71, 72; as stimulant, 130; conscious contact with, 194; defined, 28, 29, 92, 93; increasing man's faith in, 102; no beginning or ending in, 35; obeying the, 114, 115; of wholeness, 182; soul, and body, 12, 64, 71; transforming power of, in man, 193; vs. matter, 92, 93; worshiping God in, 104

Spirit of truth, 195, 196; as inner monitor, 91; as mind of God in executive capacity, 179, 180

"still small voice," 27, 28, 126; and communion, 33

subconscious mind, and conscious mind, 42, 112; and spiritual mind, 42; as storehouse of experience, 42

substance, 26, 27, 29, 35, 41; transmutation of, 145, 146

suggestion, 118, 119

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supermind (Christ Mind), 10, 17, 18, 173

telepathy, 110

thanksgiving, 78, 137-139 (see prayer)

Thomas, 111, 184, 185

thought, and energy, 43, 73; breaking up old structures of, 62, 63; formative power of, 143; healing forces stirred by, 18, 19; importance of, in demonstration, 112

thought stuff, 43; conservation of, and right thinking, 44; technique of molding, 42

thoughts, and character, 176; as affecting body, 53; as barriers, 33: as seeds, 112; nourishing, 127-129; of praise, 138, 139

Toscanini, Arturo, 146, 147

transubstantiation, 144, 145

Trinity, in Hebrew Scriptures, 122; metaphysically interpreted, 63, 64, 121, 122

Truth, importance of adhering to one system of development in, 19; possibility of expressing, 133, 134; revealed individually, 98; value of statements of, 130; words of, 87-91, 111

universe, as body of God, 161; as product of thought, 186, 187

vibration, 172

wholeness, principle of, 39 (see Spirit)

will, concentration of, 188

word, as expressing an idea, 90, 94, 95; cannot express God, 23; different uses of, 89-92; germ, 88; importance of faith in creative, 15, 89, 144, 161, 163, 175, 176; intonation of, 164; man justified or condemned by own, 15; of Spirit, next to Spirit, 154; power of the spoken, 9, 14, 15, 47, 88-98, 119, 121, 123, 132, 133, 144, 154, 161, 162; responsibility for, 174; salvation through, 162 (see Truth)

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Word of God (Logos), according to John, 15, 161 (see Holy Spirit; Jesus; Logos)

world, "end" of, and the new dispensation, 20

worry, and prayer, 81

wrongs, righting, 134

Yahweh, 155; meaning of, 141, 182, 183

zeal, 174, 175