This provocative study addresses some of the most challenging spiritual questions of our times.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Robert Peel gives a wonderful background understanding of Christian Science and spiritual healing.
Many testimonies including his own personal family's add to the authenticity of his writing.
Well worth the read.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this book upon publication in the 80's while studying at Harvard Divinity School, where the author had studied several decades earlier. (I re-read the book again last week, and found it still at the top of the class.) At the time of my first reading, I found little written on the topic of spiritual healing, even though I had access to Harvard's great libraries. In the interim, the literature on this topic has flourished, mostly from the pens of MD's who have earned the ire of their colleagues for breaking lockstep with the "church of medicine". And I've read most of those authors: Benson, Chopra, Segal, Dossey, Weil, et al. Those names are nearly 'household' while Peel remains unknown -- a travesty, as in many ways his intellectual rigor is their equal, and his familiarity with the subject eclipses them all.
The spiritual healing which Peel describes is not an alternative "medical" approach to healing. It is a path apart. His work disabuses the reader of the materialistic worldview of medicine by first describing a healing of cancer through prayer which was witnessed and participated in by a medical doctor who conducted a prayer group in St Louis. This healing appears on p.17, concluding simply that the change of state, from matter to energy, should have resulted in a nuclear event (the disappearance of 38 pounds of tumor overnight!) sufficent to level a small city, according to modern physics. Of course, materialists would say: "Impossible!" And here I will quote Richard Feynman's definition of science as "the belief in the ignorance of authority." Mary Baker Eddy wrote: "Impossibilities never occur." The event is well documented, as are all of the many healings attested to in this book.
If you have enough honest curiosity to explore reality with an open mind by questioning the possible 'ignorance' of what you've been taught, you will be benefited by reading this important book. Advances in knowlege have usually come through those who are willing to question 'what they know that just ain't so.' (-Twain.) Do you have sufficient curiousity to turn aside to learn 'why the burning bush is not consumed?' Peel will speed your progress, whether you are a scientific thinker, or a spiritual seeker. You won't be disappointed. ~eric.
The spiritual healing which Peel describes is not an alternative "medical" approach to healing. It is a path apart. His work disabuses the reader of the materialistic worldview of medicine by first describing a healing of cancer through prayer which was witnessed and participated in by a medical doctor who conducted a prayer group in St Louis. This healing appears on p.17, concluding simply that the change of state, from matter to energy, should have resulted in a nuclear event (the disappearance of 38 pounds of tumor overnight!) sufficent to level a small city, according to modern physics. Of course, materialists would say: "Impossible!" And here I will quote Richard Feynman's definition of science as "the belief in the ignorance of authority." Mary Baker Eddy wrote: "Impossibilities never occur." The event is well documented, as are all of the many healings attested to in this book.
If you have enough honest curiosity to explore reality with an open mind by questioning the possible 'ignorance' of what you've been taught, you will be benefited by reading this important book. Advances in knowlege have usually come through those who are willing to question 'what they know that just ain't so.' (-Twain.) Do you have sufficient curiousity to turn aside to learn 'why the burning bush is not consumed?' Peel will speed your progress, whether you are a scientific thinker, or a spiritual seeker. You won't be disappointed. ~eric.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By "crw95003"
Format:Paperback
I learned to respect the honest, scholarly approach of Robert Peel in his fascinating 3-part biography of Mary Baker Eddy. He doesn't disappoint with this fascinating review of spiritual healing in the modern age. Anyone curious about the efficacy of spiritual healing would be fascinated by this book and profit from it. I'm amazed that such a helpful book is now out of print.
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I Think He's Right
My mother was, and several of my extended family are Christian Scientists, but I could never quite "wrap my head around it" enough to practice it as a lifestyle. Read more
Published on April 10, 2008 by Mary J. Newton
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To Put Off Fear
It is difficult to dismiss seventh century healings as mere fables. Yet, there are always medical skeptics who speak of spontaneous remission. Read more
Published on January 20, 2007 by Mary E. Sibley
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"A Very Present Help.."
A great book by Robert Peel describling factually how individuals used Christian Science treatment in medicially hopeless situations. Read more
Published on July 6, 2002 by Caren C. Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book about Christian Science I have ever read
Peel discusses a variety of spiritual healing practices and experiences, and provides a wonderful description of the Christian Science movement. Read more
Published on December 31, 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thought-provoking and demonstrative of the power of prayer.
This book is based on the power of prayer for
healing through the study of Christian Science.
It is highly recommended to further expand your
knowledge that the... Read more
healing through the study of Christian Science.
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Published on July 23, 1997
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